Theatre: The Ring of the Nibelung aka: Die Walkuere Der Ring des
Nibelungen ("The Ring of the Nibelung"* this is sometimes
mistranslated as the plural "Nibelungs," but the singular is
correct — the Nibelung referred to is Alberich. The name
"Nibelung" (literally, "mist-descendent") refers to the race of
dwarfs to which Alberich belongs. This particular noun is
declinated in German, which results in the ending "-en". ) is a
cycle of four operas by Richard Wagner (hence the alternative
term, the "Ring Cycle," which is sometimes applied to the whole)
* Wagner himself eschewed the term "opera" as applied to these
works, preferring to refer to them as "Bühnenfestspiele",
"stage-festival-plays"; the term "music-drama," though also
rejected by Wagner himself, is generally preferred by his
followers . The cycle premiered at the Wagner Festival Theater
in Bayreuth, August 14th-17th, 1876, though the first two
sections of the work had already appeared at the Munich Court
Opera in 1869 and 1870.Der Ring des Nibelungen c