The Ring of the Nibelung (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781456304133)

"Andrew Porter's utterly natural, often poetic, faithfully rendered English text should be a revelation...The immediacy of instant comprehension gives the entire drama an added dimension."-The New York Times Richard Wagner's vast Der Ring des Nibelungen cycle comprises four full-length operas (Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried and Gotterdammerung) and is arguably the most extraordinary achievement in the history of opera. His own libretto to the operas, translated by Andrew Porter, is an intricate system of metric patterns, imaginative metaphors and alliteration, combining to produce the music in text. Language Notes This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Author: Margaret Armour, Richard Wagner
ISBN-10: 1456304135
ISBN-13: 9781456304133
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/23/2010
Pages: 116
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.24d