樂曲解說

《尼伯龍根的指環》是由德國作曲家理乍得·瓦格納（Richard Wagner，1813-1883 年）創作的四部史詩歌劇的循環。這些作品大致基於北歐傳奇和尼伯龍根之歌中的人物。 《萊茵的黃金》是該音程循環的第一部歌劇，華格納將這部歌劇分為《預演晚會》、《女武神》、《齊格飛》和《諸神的黃昏》。故事的規模和範圍是史詩般的。它講述了眾神、英雄和幾個神話生物在同名的魔戒上的鬥爭，魔戒賦予了整個世界的統治地位。劇情和陰謀持續了三代主角，直到《諸神的黃昏》結束時的最後一場災難。荷蘭編曲家克里斯蒂安·詹森（Christiaan Janssen）製作了《齊格飛》的交響組曲。

Der Ring des Nibelungen’ (The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic operas by German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883). The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the Nibelungenlied. ‘Das Rheingold’ is the first opera in the cycle and Wagner described this opera as a ‘Vorabend’ (preliminary evening) with ‘Die Walküre’, ‘Siegfried’ and ‘Götterdämmerung’ as the proper Ring. The scale and scope of the story is epic. It follows the struggles of gods, heroes, and several mythical creatures over the eponymous magic Ring that grants domination over the entire world. The drama and intrigue continue through three generations of protagonists, until the final cataclysm at the end of ‘Götterdämmerung’. Dutch arranger Christiaan Janssen made a Symphonic Suite of ‘Siegfried’.