Richard Wagner
(1813 - 1883)
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is primarily known for his operas (or, as some of his later works were later known, “music dramas").
Bibliography
The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie (1910)
There are few opera librettos that can hold the reader’s attention by themselves; this story of murder, deceit betrayal and crime is not one of them.
Author(s):
Richard Wagner
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
The Ring of the Nibelung (1932)
The story of Wagner’s opera cycle based on Norse sagas of Siegfied and Brunhilde.
Author(s):
Gertrude Henderson
Richard Wagner
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
The Ring of the Niblung (1939)
This edition of the complete libretto to “The Ring” contains only forty-eight of the original color illustrations.
Author(s):
Richard Wagner
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods (1911)
The conclusion of “The Ring” cycle. A tale of murder, theft and depravity ends badly for all concerned.
Author(s):
Richard Wagner
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
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