HOW WAGNER'S "RING" ORIGINATED.
When Wagner first completed his opera "Lohengrin," the manager of the opera house at Dresden (to which Wagner was then attached as assistant musicaj director) refused to put it on as it was too difficult and too unconventional. Wagner thereupon declared that he would write no more operas, "Lohengrin" should be his last, henceforth he would write only fairy tales and legends. His idea of fairy tales and legends, however, was not that of light stories suitable for a Christmas pantomime or a drawing room entertainment, and the first three subjects he thought of were Wieland the Smith, JJJJ 1 of Narareth, and Siegfried. Hie nm of these became a drama in prose, toe second was abandoned for fear of uTerertnoe, while the third gripped his mind sp much that it led to all kinds of 2J? "SJ? an< * ™ time developed into •TOe Niblungr Ring/* and influenced his choice of other subjects as yH,
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 94, 21 April 1928, Page 16 (Supplement)
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158HOW WAGNER'S "RING" ORIGINATED. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 94, 21 April 1928, Page 16 (Supplement)
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