It was based on Germanic heroic legends and began with the forging of a great ring by the Nibelung dwarf Alberich. The cycle tells the story of generations of gods and heroes attempting to regain ...

Richard Wagner conceived his Ring of the Nibelung as a multimedia epic, uniting the arts to tell a story of gods, mortals and ...

Also at court is Hagen, their half-sibling and illegitimate son of the Nibelung dwarf Alberich. Hagen is plotting to recover the ring and suggests that Gunther should consolidate his power by ...