A rehearsal of this opera plays an important part in William Gaddis' novel JR.
A rehearsal of this opera plays an important part in William Gaddis' novel JR. In its final scene, Donner sings "Heda, heda, hedo" after Erda warns another character to give up an all-powerful object in the aria "Wie alles war". That object is cursed in the aria "Bin ich nun frei" by a dwarf who uses the Tarnhelm to turn himself into a toad after being tricked by Loge. Its opening scene begins with a sustained E-flat chord that lasts for 136 measures, representing the title river, whose maidens reject the Nibelung Alberich, causing him to renounce love and steal the title object. FTP, name this Richard Wagner opera, the first of the Ring cycle.
A rehearsal of this opera plays an important part in William Gaddis' novel JR.
{Das Rheingold} or {The Rhine Gold}