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THE RING AND THE RINGS.
Early in "The Fellowship of the Ring," the first film in Peter Jackson's monumental "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the wizard Gandalf finds himself alone in a room with the trinket that could end the world. It lies gleaming on the floor, and Gandalf regards it with an attitude of fascinated fear. The audience feels a chill that neither Jackson's vertiginous camera angles nor Ian McKellen's arching eyebrows can fully explain. The Ring of Power extends its grip through the medium of music, which is the work of the gifted film composer Howard Shore. In the preceding scenes, an overview of the habits of hobbits, Shore's music had an English-pastoral, dance-around-the-Maypole ...
- Ring sing.(comments on Richard Wagner, The Ring of the Nibelung opera cycle)
- Magazine article from: National Review July 12, 2004 700+ words
...young. At age 13 I saw Wagner's Ring in London, and again...and Matti Salminen. The Ring of the Nibelung is, of...didn't bother Richard Wagner in the least. He was...ignore the plot of The Ring. Wagner's plots hold up in Tristan...
- Responding to the Ring: Ian Scott's 10 most breathtaking, heart-stopping...
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Scott, Iain September 1, 2006 700+ words
Wagner's Ring is like a first kiss. You know you will...misunderstood and perverted the meaning of the Ring. Wagner has Wotan courageously resist Donner's offer of a speedy "final solution." The Ring teaches school-yard bullies, Tony Sopranos...
- The ring. (Richard Wagner's operatic 'Ring' cycle)
- Magazine article from: Quadrant Riemer, Andrew September 1, 1998 700+ words
...Festival, The Ring of the Nibelung, Richard Wagner's four-part...not merely those Wagner-freaks who spend...in search of The Ring, will welcome...unpalatable for many. Wagner's detractors...his works, The Ring in particular...
- The Wagner universe; 'Ring' composer: Musical genius, moral reprobate.(SHOW)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times November 7, 2003 700+ words
...the four operas in the famed Ring Cycle of Richard Wagner (1813-1883), "Die Walkure...triumphal tune. However, the Ring, for Wagner, was serious stuff. As a...beloved Cosima. It was in the Ring Cycle that Wagner's monomania - and sheer...
- Lords of the Rings: Tolkien, Wagner, and Norse mythology. (From Past to...
- Magazine article from: Calliope Zarins, Kimberly January 1, 2003 700+ words
...German composer Richard Wagner and the English novelist...other artists. In 1876, Wagner completed his Norse-inspired opera cycle, The Ring of the Nibelung, which...1937 and The Lord of the Rings in 1954-55. These...reminiscent of Norse myths. Wagner and Tolkien had both...
- 'Barbecu' runs Rings around Wagner.(Scene)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Byrne, Terry April 28, 2000 700+ words
...the Rhine maidens, magic gold and dwarves of Richard Wagner's "The Ring of the Niebelungen" and the cowpokes, guacamole and...those links for "Das Barbecu," their musical spoof of Wagner's masterpiece, which opens at the New Repertory Theatre...
- Caucasian circle; "Der Ring des Nibelungen".(Wagner in a rush)(production of...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) July 25, 2009 700+ words
...gives his ill-fated "Ring" cycle yet another makeover...the heart of the Richard Wagner cult in Bayreuth, it...four-part epic, "Der Ring des Nibelungen". The...Schicchi". For the "Ring", Mr Zeldin has been...sees other parallels. "Wagner was writing during the...
- 'RING' LEADER THE SEATTLE OPERA TAKES ON RICHARD WAGNER'S COMPLEX BUT POPULAR...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Campbell, R.M. August 4, 2000 700+ words
...million production of Wagner's vast ``Der Ring des Nibelungen'' tonight...without parallel. ``Wagner experimented in the `Ring,' in the way he tied...one has ever done a `Ring' that follows Wagner's instructions and created...
