Chapter 11: Ring of Power

Part of the Wagnerism Audiovisual Companion. Most audio samples are by kind permission of Pristine Classical.

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An 1853 wanted notice identifying Wagner as a "politically dangerous individual."

p. 435: An 1890 poster celebrates the end of Bismarck's anti-socialist law with Siegfried imagery: the hero stands over the vanquished dragon, holding a sword marked "liberty, equality, brotherhood," with Marx and Lassalle above him.

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p. 446: Nicholas Roerich's designs for the Ring of Fire in Walküre

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… and for Act III of Tristan.

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p. 457: Georgy Yakulov's design for Rienzi, 1923:

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One of Fyodor Federovsky's designs for Lohengrin, 1923:

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p. 461: Film footage of Rudolph Laban's choreography for the Tannhäuser Bacchanale at Bayreuth, 1930:

Clément Doucet's "Wagnéria," from 1927:

And his "Isoldina," also from 1927:

A delicious latter-day rendition of "Wagnéria" by the Ophelia Orchestra:

p. 462: Willy Rosen's "Frau Abendstern":

p. 467: A design for Ludwig Sievert's Frankfurt Ring, 1925:

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p. 467: One of Ewald Dülberg's designs for The Flying Dutchman at the Kroll Opera.

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