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unusual facts about Ring cycle



Clarence Whitehill

Whitehill went on to appear with considerable success at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, in the first Ring Cycle given there in the English language.

Fricka

A character in the Ring cycle of Richard Wagner; the goddess of marriage, herself married to the chief of the Gods, Wotan.

Reduced Shakespeare Company

In 1994 they also produced The Ring Reduced, a half-hour version of Richard Wagner's operatic Ring Cycle, as part of Channel 4's Wagner season.

Rita Hunter

Rita Hunter will be remembered as one of the major Wagnerian sopranos of the later 20th century, especially for her performances as all three of the Brünnhildes in the Ring cycle, conducted by Reginald Goodall at the English National Opera.


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Hans Hotter

In Die Walküre and Siegfried he was recorded in Decca's famous Ring Cycle in the early 1960s, conducted by Georg Solti and produced by John Culshaw.

Hartmut Haenchen

After the 1999 Ring cycle, Haenchen left his post but has continued as a guest conductor.

Jeannine Altmeyer

After several seasons at Stuttgart (1975–1979) she sang Sieglinde in Patrice Chéreau's production of the The Ring Cycle (1979) at the Bayreuth Festival, where she also sang Isolde (1986).

Nibelheim

Niflheim, a region in Germanic and Norse mythology, for example the Nibelheim or "Nibel Home" is the home of the dwarves known as Nibelungs in Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle

Rudolf Moralt

His records include a celebrated Ring Cycle, a notable Don Giovanni and a superbly played Salome which shows how exceptional his musicianship could be when he had adequate rehearsal time.