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  • 118Der Ring des Nibelungen — (The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic operas (or dramas to use the composer s preferred term) by the German composer Richard Wagner (1813–83). The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the Nibelungenlied. The …

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