The Ring of the Nibelung by Richard Wagner #foliosociety originally published with the sonnets

originally published with the sonnets

they’ll face the enemy within

and Richard Rorty - creating a vastly entertaining framework in which to unravel the mysteries of the 'postmodern condition'

Where can you find joy

Ovid's deliciously clever and exuberant epic

The Ring of the Nibelung by Richard Wagner #foliosociety originally published with the sonnetsA superb new translation of one of the greatest nineteenth century poems: the libretto to Wagner's Ring cycle. The scale and grandeur of Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung has no precedent and no successor. It preoccupied Wagner for much of his adult life and revolutionized the nature of opera, the orchestra, the demands on singers and on the audience itself. The four operas The Rhinegold, The Valkyrie, Siegfried and Twilight of the Gods are complete