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Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner( Visual )

7 editions published between 1990 and 2002 in German and No Linguistic content and held by 281 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The first segment of the "Ring" cycle, Das Rheingold is concerned with a precious treasure -- the Rhinegold -- which, if made into a ring, would enable the wearer dominion over the world; however, whoever would steal the gold would have to renounce love

SCHOENBERG : Moses und Aron by Arnold Schoenberg( )

4 editions published between 1976 and 1994 in German and held by 280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Schoenberg's masterpiece in the twelve-tone system he developed was his unfinished opera, a vastly complex work based on a single tone row that it remained a fragment may be essential to its spiritual message, for while Schoenberg never stated it explicitly, it would seem that he left this most ambitious project of his mature style incomplete on purpose

Wozzeck by Alban Berg( )

4 editions published between 2008 and 2013 in German and held by 277 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The history of Wozzeck began nearly 200 years ago, when Johann Christian Woyzeck, a onetime soldier and jobless wigmaker, killed his sweetheart with a knife in a fit of jealous rage. The tragic incident provided the material for the German playwright Georg Büchner, who interpreted the fate of Woyzeck as a mass phenomenon; in his play, Büchner portrays the convicted murdered as a hopeless, compulsive creature, a mere cog in the wheels of a destructive and repressive system that tramples all human values underfoot. Such is the message communicated in Alban Berg’s setting of the work, which was premiered more than 100 years later in Berlin..."--Presto Classical website

Fidelio : op. 72 : highlights by Ludwig van Beethoven( )

3 editions published in 1993 in German and held by 272 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ein Opern-Abend mit Ute Terkel-Buckhardt by Ute Trekel-Burckhardt( )

2 editions published in 2009 in Multiple languages and held by 271 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Siegfried by Richard Wagner( Recording )

17 editions published between 1990 and 2012 in German and Undetermined and held by 207 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is one of the legendary performances from the Met's vast archive of historic broadcasts. The incomparable Lauritz Melchior stars in the title role of the young hero who sets out to explore the world--killing the fierce dragon Fafner (Eduard Habich) and the evil dwarf Mime (Karl Laufkötter) along the way. When Wotan (the great Friedrich Schorr) tries to stop him, Siegfried uses his sword to break the god's spear and makes his way to the sleeping Brünnhilde (a radiant Kirsten Flagstad). He awakens her with a kiss--and sets in motion the events that, in the following opera, will bring about the end of the world. Kerstin Thorborg co-stars as Erda and Artur Bodanzky conducts

Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner( Visual )

11 editions published between 1990 and 2004 in German and held by 185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The first segment of the "Ring" cycle, Das Rheingold is concerned with a precious treasure -- the Rhinegold -- which, if made into a ring, would enable the wearer dominion over the world, however, whoever would steal the gold would have to renounce love

Fidelio, op. 72 by Ludwig van Beethoven( Recording )

7 editions published in 1990 in 4 languages and held by 177 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fidelio, Beethoven's only opera, was based on J.N. Bouilly's Léonore, ou L'amour conjugal, a rescue drama typical of the literature of the French Revolution. The story, possibly derived from a real incident, is a convoluted one, but its celebration of courage and idealism in the face of tyranny greatly appealed to the composer's personal values. The opera took a decade to reach its final form, and even though the work of the librettists in adapting the material left much to be desired -- Joseph Sonnleithner's rather turgid original efforts of 1805-1806 were only partially redeemed by the revisions of Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1814 -- the end result, thanks to the extraordinary quality of the music, is one of the most powerful and moving operas ever written. - Disc 1 insert p. 3

The compact "Ring" by Richard Wagner( Recording )

2 editions published in 1993 in German and held by 138 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner( Recording )

19 editions published between 1991 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 126 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

El anillo del nibelungo en alemán, es un ciclo de cuatro óperas épicas, basadas libremente en figuras y elementos de la mitología germánica, particularmente las Sagas islandesas. Estas operas son, El oro del Rin (Das Rheingold), La valquiria (Die Walküre), Sigfrido (Siegfried) y El ocaso de los dioses (Götterdämmerung)