Opera explained

Narrated by Stephen Johnson; excerpts performed by: Staatsoper Stuttgart ; Staatsorchester Stuttgart ; Lothar Zagrosek, conductor ; various vocal soloists

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An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung: Introduction (1:11) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung: The Stuff of Legends (6:29) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung: Dark Power? (4:38) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung: Revolution in Music (2:57) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung: A New Kind of Song (6:45) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung: The Role of the Orchestra (7:11) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung: The Leitmotif (5:12) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung: Das Rheingold: Prelude (4:29) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung, das Rheingold: Scene 1 (4:43) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung, das Rheingold: Scene 2 (6:20) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung, das Rheingold: Scene 3 (4:09) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung, das Rheingold: Scene 4 (8:42) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung: Die Walküre: Background (0:58) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung, Die Walküre: Act I (10:54) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung, Die Walküre: Act II (4:48) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung, Die Walküre: Act II (cont.) (3:37) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung, Die Walküre: Act III (3:53) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung, Die Walküre: The Final Scene. Wotan and Brünnhilde (6:51) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung, Siegfried: Act I (9:05) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung, Siegfried: Act II (7:25) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung, Siegfried: Act III (12:16) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung: Gotterdammerung: Background (2:05) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung: Gotterdammerung: Prologue (8:04) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung, Gotterdammerung: Act I (5:39) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung, Gotterdammerung: Act II (4:58) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung, Gotterdammerung: Act III (4:27) -- An Introduction to... WAGNER the Ring of the Nibelung, Gotterdammerung: The Final Scene. The End of Everything? (11:09)