• Wieland der Schmied ([ˈviːlant deːɐ̯ ˈʃmiːt], "Wieland the Smith") is a draft by Richard Wagner for an opera libretto based on the Germanic legend of...
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    Wieland der Schmied (Wieland the Smith; Slovak: Kováč Wieland) is an opera in three acts by Ján Levoslav Bella first performed in 1926, to a libretto...
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  • Schmitz. Wieland der Schmied ("Wieland the Smith"), a draft by Richard Wagner for an opera libretto based on the Germanic legend Uli Schmied (born 1947)...
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    as the Ring cycle, Wagner's Ring, or simply The Ring. Wagner wrote the libretto and music over the course of about twenty-six years, from 1848 to 1874...
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    Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), WWV 63, is a German-language opera, with libretto and music by Richard Wagner. The central theme is redemption...
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  • opera Lohengrin by German composer Richard Wagner, who also wrote the libretto, is a march played for the bride's entrance at many formal weddings throughout...
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    Heinrich der Schreiber sings many melodies distinct from all other named characters, and occasionally unique lyrics. However, in the libretto he finds...
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    mythical figures: Jesus Christ, Achilles, Friedrich Barbarossa and Wieland der Schmied. None of these operas ever saw the light of day, though one musical...
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    Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen (Rienzi, the last of the tribunes; WWV 49) is an 1842 opera by Richard Wagner in five acts, with the libretto written...
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    Isolde), WWV 90, is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, loosely based on the 12th-century romance Tristan and...
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    had drafted a scenario that eventually became Der Ring des Nibelungen. He initially wrote the libretto for a single opera, Siegfrieds Tod (Siegfried's...
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    translator and opera librettist. He provided the libretto for the opera Wieland der Schmied (cs:Kovář Wieland (opera)) composed in 1881-90 by the Slovak composer...
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    his Berlin bunker at the end of World War II, despite the pleadings of Wieland Wagner to have these important documents put in his care; the scores perished...
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    diminishes its reliability), Wagner tells the story of how Lohengrin's libretto was written. In the summer of 1845 Wagner with his wife Minna planned their...
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    Spring and Autumn, Symphonic sketches, Op. 14 Wieland the Blacksmith, (original title: "Wieland der Schmied") Symphonic Poem for large orchestra after Lienhard...
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    music and orchestral music. His operas include Wieland der Schmied (Wieland the Blacksmith), to a libretto originally written by Richard Wagner and based...
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    following the essay Wagner dashed off a draft libretto, mostly in prose, Wieland der Schmied (Wieland the Smith), outlined at the close of the essay...
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    in 1926 he conducted the premiere of Jan Levoslav Bella's opera, Wieland der Schmied in Bratislava. Because of mounting personal debts, Nedbal committed...
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    Siegfried (opera) (category Der Ring des Nibelungen)
    later changed to Der junge Siegfried. The musical composition was commenced in 1856, but not finally completed until 1871. The libretto arose from Wagner's...
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  • Geck M. and Voss E. (1986). Wagner Werk-Verzeichnis (WWV): Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke Richard Wagners und ihrer Quellen ("Catalogue of Wagner's...
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    German composer Richard Wagner and his last composition. Wagner's own libretto for the work is freely based on the 13th-century Middle High German chivalric...
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    Nuremberg: Book of Words (Libretto in German and English). Translated by H. and F. Corder. New York: F. Rullman. Peter Wapnewski: Der traurige Gott. Richard...
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    commercial success came in 1842 with Rienzi, by which time he had completed Der fliegende Holländer, in which for the first time he used the device of the...
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    Götterdämmerung (category Der Ring des Nibelungen)
    Wagner's works Götterdämmerung, WagnerOperas Vocal score of Götterdämmerung Complete libretto in German Libretto in German and English Portal: Opera...
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    Das Rheingold (category Der Ring des Nibelungen)
    at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 13 August 1876. Wagner wrote the Ring librettos in reverse order, so that Das Rheingold was the last of the texts to be...
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    Bearskin], 1899; Der Kobold [The Goblin], 1904; Der Schmied von Marienburg [The Blacksmith of Marienburg], 1923) and Hugo Wolf (Der Corregidor, 1895)...
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    The Fairies) is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner. The German libretto was written by the composer after Carlo Gozzi's La donna serpente. Die...
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    Die Walküre (category Der Ring des Nibelungen)
    During the following months, he developed the outline into a full "poem" or libretto. After his travels to Switzerland in May 1849, Wagner continued to expand...
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    Rhinemaidens (category Der Ring des Nibelungen)
    of Götterdämmerung. Wagner first adapted the story for use in his early libretto of Siegfried's Death (which eventually became Götterdämmerung), introducing...
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  • published in the original German in 1861. It was intended to introduce the librettos of Wagner's operas to a French audience at the time when he was hoping...
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