"L'anello del nibelungo" -- Wagner in Italia

Speranza


The Rhinegold 109-292
The Rhinegold: Scene One 109-132
[R.1] The Rhine River: Alberich and the Rhinedaughters
•[R.1: A] Rhinegold Prelude: the Rhine River flowing (#1
) (#2
) (#3
) 109-112

•[R.1: B] Woglinde’s Lullaby (#4
) 112-113

•[R.1: C] The Rhinedaughters will teach ugly dwarf Alberich a lesson: they lead him on. 113-114

•[R.1: D] (#6
) (#7
) Alberich can’t grasp the Rhinedaughters: Woglinde escapes him. 115-116

•[R.1: E] (#8
) Alberich’s wooing fails with the second, Wellgunde. 116-117

•[R.1: F] Alberich’s wooing fails with the third, Flosshilde. 117-118

•[R.1: G] Alberich’s despair (#5
): (#39
Embryo) all three rejected his love. 118-120

•[R.1: H] Alberich accuses the Rhinedaughters of deceit. 120

•[R.1: I] (#9
) Alberich's frustration reaches the breaking point. (#10
) The (#12
) Rhinegold (#11
) is lit up by the sun’s rays. 120-121

•[R.1: J] The Rhinedaughters (#13
) (#14
) (#15
) (#16
) extol the Rhinegold in song, dance, verse. 121-123

•[R.1: K] Wellgunde: (#17
) Making a ring from the gold grants world-power. 123-124

•[R.1: L] Woglinde: (#18
) One must renounce love to make the ring of power. 124-128

•[R.1: M] Alberich, with nothing to lose, will compensate for love with (#19
) power. 129-130

•[R.1: N] Alberich curses love and steals the Rhinegold. (#19
>#20
a) 130-132