WAGNER: Der Ring des Nibelungen * Jones, Altmeyer, Schwarz, Killebrew, Reppel, Wenkel, Sharp, Gramatzki, Schiml, Schnaut, Clarke, Middleton, Glauser; Mcintyre, Hofmann, Jung, Becht, Zednik, Hubner, Salminen, Mazura, Pampuch; Orchestra and Chorus of the Bayreuth Festival Boulez Production, Chereau. Philips DVD 070 407-9 [PH7...

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Works by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass and the Mariinsky Theater's staging of Wagner's Ring Cycle highlight this year's Lincoln Center Festival.The festival, held from July 10-29, includes 93 performances at 10 venues at or near Lincoln Center, the organization announced Tuesday. The one world...

Richard Wagner dreamed of doing it this way: The four operas of his "Ring" cycle performed over four consecutive nights, totaling more than 18 hours of musical theater.When the final curtain came down on "Goetterdaemmerung" late Thursday at the Metropolitan Opera House, 75 1/2 hours...

In the following excerpt, Mueller explains that the Nibelungenlied's main theme is man himself, particularly how he responds to a dilemma. Mueller also explores the poet's concerns and his relation to his work and contends that the poem, without promoting specific religious values, nevertheless affirms man's need for faith.

In the following essay, McConnell applies analytical psychology to an exploration of the motivations and dreams of the Nibelungenlied's main characters and their relationships, finding much evidence of repression.

In the following excerpt, Andersson summarizes the new approaches taken in critical analyses of the Nibelungenlied during the last half of the twentieth century.