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''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' ("The Ring of the Nibelung"<ref>this is sometimes mistranslated as the plural "Nibelungs," but the singular is correct -- the Nibelung referred to is Alberich. The name "Nibelung" (literally, "mist-descendent") refers to the race of dwarfs to which Alberich belongs. This particular noun is declinated in German, which results in the ending "-en".</ref>) is a cycle of four operas by [[Richard Wagner]] (hence the alternative term, the "Ring Cycle," which is sometimes applied to the whole <ref>Wagner himself eschewed the term "opera" as applied to these works, preferring to refer to them as "Bühnenfestspiele", "stage-festival-plays"; the term "music-drama," though also rejected by Wagner himself, is generally preferred by his followers</ref>. The cycle premiered at the Wagner Festival Theater in Bayreuth, August 14th-17th, 1876, though the first two sections of the work had already appeared at the Munich Court Opera in 1869 and 1870. |
''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' ("The Ring of the Nibelung"<ref>this is sometimes mistranslated as the plural "Nibelungs," but the singular is correct -- the Nibelung referred to is Alberich. The name "Nibelung" (literally, "mist-descendent") refers to the race of dwarfs to which Alberich belongs. This particular noun is declinated in German, which results in the ending "-en".</ref>) is a cycle of four operas by [[Richard Wagner]] (hence the alternative term, the "Ring Cycle," which is sometimes applied to the whole <ref>Wagner himself eschewed the term "opera" as applied to these works, preferring to refer to them as "Bühnenfestspiele", "stage-festival-plays"; the term "music-drama," though also rejected by Wagner himself, is generally preferred by his followers</ref>. The cycle premiered at the Wagner Festival Theater in Bayreuth, August 14th-17th, 1876, though the first two sections of the work had already appeared at the Munich Court Opera in 1869 and 1870. |
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