Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung ) is a cycle of four epic operas ( or `` dramas '' to use the composer 's preferred term ) by the German composer Richard Wagner ( 1813 â `` 83 ) .
Simplified: Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung ( Alberich ) ) is a cycle of four operas by Richard Wagner .