Title: Wagner and Aeschylus : the Ring and the Oresteia /
Authors: Ewans, Michael, 1946-
Publisher: Faber and Faber,
Year: 1982
Subjects: Aeschylus.; Wagner, Richard,
Contents: Wagner and Aeschylus -- The Oresteia and the creation of the Ring -- Das Rheingold. Gods and heroes ; Agamemnon at Aulis ; Alberich and the rhinegold ; Wotan and Freia ; Alberich and his ring ; Alberich's curse and Erda's warning ; Valhalla -- Die Walküre. Die Walküre and Agamemnon ; Siegmund and Sieglinde ; Fricka ; Wotan bequeathes the world to Hagen ; Brünnhilde's rebellion ; The Kassandra scene in Agamemnon ; Wotan renounces Brünnhilde -- Siegfried. Siegfried and Orestes ; The young Siegfried ; Mime and "learning fear" ; Alberich and the Wanderer ; Siegfried and the creatures of the forest ; The wanderer renounces the world ; Siegfried and Brünnhilde -- Götterdämmerung. Götterdämmerung and Eumenides ; The end of prophecy ; The light and the darkness ; Brünnhilde's revenge ; Human society, honour and treachery ; Siegfried's death ; The twilight of the gods -- Appendix : Wagner and Prometheus bound.