Ring of the Nibelung

Wagner's own libretto for the four-opera cycle, written in the mid-nineteenth century, follows the Rhine gold from its theft by the dwarf Alberich through the building of Valhalla, the Walsung twins Siegmund and Sieglinde, the forging of Nothung, the slaying of the dragon Fafner, and Brunnhilde's awakening. Gods, giants, and Nibelungs contend over a ring that confers power and a curse. The four parts are Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried, and Gotterdammerung. The tetralogy is a mythic drama of greed, law, and love, not a translation of the medieval Nibelungenlied and not a musical score without words.

Bound in black screen-printed and cover image blocked cloth. Brown on black picture printed endpapers. Black slipcase with front printed colour design.