The Ring
Subtitle: Four Plays for Children
Contributors: Philip Caggiano (Adapter)
Publisher: Avon Books
Published: March 1982
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9780380794348
First sentence: Preface: The Ring was first performed by students of the Somers Intermediate School on March 5, 1979, and was subsequently given its New York premiere, with the original Somers children, scenery and costumes, presented by the Wagner Society of New York, at the 92nd Street YM-YMHA Kaufmann Concert Hall, on January 30, 1980.
Description: Back cover: "Come to Valhalla, the Home of the Gods"
Thus intones Wotan as the curtain falls on "Das Rheingold," the first play in Philip Caggiano's adaptation for children of Richard Wagner's epic music drama, "Der Ring des Nibelungen."  These four twenty-minute plays are designed for a cast of about fifty children.  Simple staging is augmented by music from Wagner's original score.  Charles B. Fowler in Musical America declared, "Frankly I can't think of any better way to introduce children to 'The Ring.'  It can be delightfully involving and give students a good idea what Wagner's music drama is all about."
Table of contents: pagenum: 9
title: Preface; pagenum: 13
title: DAS RHEINGOLD; pagenum: 27
title: DIE WALKURE; pagenum: 43
title: SIEGFRIED; pagenum: 59
title: GOTTERDAMMERUNG; title: APPENDIX; pagenum: 81
title: Musical Excerpts; pagenum: 87
title: Pronouncing Glossary; pagenum: 89
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