August222012

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9PM

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August52012
“Nature in Balance” (acrylic and colored pencil on board, 2012): My representation of Erda, the primordial earth mother (from Wagner’s “Ring” cycle). She pops ominously out of the ground from time to time and sounds like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlpYIE5mN4s Above are her daughters, the three Fates who weave the Rope of Destiny on the World Tree. Beneath is the Rhinegold, bringing light to the depths under the river Rhine.Erda: “I know whatever was;whatever is,whatever shall beI also see:the eternal world’sfirst ancestress,Erda, warns you.My womb borethree daughters,conceived before the start of time;what I see,the Norns nightly tell you.But direst dangertoday brings mein person to you.Hear me! Hear me! Hear me!All that is shall come to an end.A dark daydawns for the gods:I charge you, shun the ring!”

“Nature in Balance” (acrylic and colored pencil on board, 2012): My representation of Erda, the primordial earth mother (from Wagner’s “Ring” cycle). She pops ominously out of the ground from time to time and sounds like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlpYIE5mN4s


Above are her daughters, the three Fates who weave the Rope of Destiny on the World Tree. Beneath is the Rhinegold, bringing light to the depths under the river Rhine.

Erda:

“I know whatever was;
whatever is,
whatever shall be
I also see:
the eternal world’s
first ancestress,
Erda, warns you.
My womb bore
three daughters,
conceived before the start of time;
what I see,
the Norns nightly tell you.
But direst danger
today brings me
in person to you.
Hear me! Hear me! Hear me!
All that is shall come to an end.
A dark day
dawns for the gods:
I charge you, shun the ring!”

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July192012
“Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens” by Albert Pinkham Ryder, c. 1888-1891

“Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens” by Albert Pinkham Ryder, c. 1888-1891

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July22012

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3PM

“Der Ring des Nibelungen” and “Lohengrin” by Byam Shaw from “The Operas of Wagner: Their Plots, Music and History” by J. Cuthbert Hadden, 1908

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June132012

Kinuko Y. Craft’s posters for “Der Ring des Nibelungen” at the Dallas Opera.

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April242012
Parts three and four of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Complete book: http://archive.org/stream/siegfriedtwiligh00wagn#page/n7/mode/2up

Parts three and four of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

Complete book:

http://archive.org/stream/siegfriedtwiligh00wagn#page/n7/mode/2up

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1PM

Parts one and two of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle, illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

Complete book: 

http://archive.org/stream/rhinegoldvalkyri00wagn#page/n11/mode/2up

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April232012

A live performance of Anna Russell’s famous comedic analysis of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle.

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WduYrwAGews&feature=relmfu

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypisVrbqDqE&feature=relmfu

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March202012
Character design for Loki (Loge), the trickster from Norse mythology, inspired by Richard Wagner’s Ring cycle. “Ihrem Ende eilen sie zu…”

Character design for Loki (Loge), the trickster from Norse mythology, inspired by Richard Wagner’s Ring cycle.

“Ihrem Ende eilen sie zu…”

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March142012

fenixfilia:

Here is a great mini-medley of Wagner’s Ring Cycle recorded without words. The main themes from each of the operas are included, condensing the whole cycle into a little more than an hour. Great for relaxed listening if you want to hear some Wagner but can’t chose which of the Rings to play! :)

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