Chapter 24: Romantic Opera: Germany. Germany Looked back to the Middle Ages for inspiration – Medieval sagas and epic poems – Tales of dark castles, fair.

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Chapter 24: Romantic Opera: Germany

Germany Looked back to the Middle Ages for inspiration – Medieval sagas and epic poems – Tales of dark castles, fair maidens, heroic princes, and fire-breathing dragons Rediscovery and publication of “lost” epics – German Song of the Nibelungs (1820) – Anglo-Saxon Beowulf (1815) – Finnish Kalevala

Richard Wagner ( ) Poet, philosopher, politician, propagandist, visionary who believe his operas would revolutionize society Controversial composer – Inspired extreme reactions – Exerted enormous influence – A determined, ruthless visionary Largely self-taught First big success with the opera Rienzi (1842) Der fliegende Holländer (1844), Tannhäuser (1845), Lohengrin (1848) Forced to leave Germany in 1848 for political reasons Spent exile on Switzerland INSERT FIG 24-1 from LM7e

Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelungens) Wagner’s magnum opus Cycle of four operas: Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung Found a patron in King Ludwig II of Bavaria Special theatre built in Bayreuth, Germany, for his operas First Bayreuth Festival in 1876 with the entire Ring cycle

Wagner’s Music Dramas Wagner intended his operas to be radically different Gesamtkunstwerk: “Total Art Work;” Artistic union of all the arts “Endless Melody” - Seamless flow of undifferentiated solo singing and declamation Removed ensemble singing Avoids melodic repetition, symmetry, and regular cadences Greater importance of the orchestra Leitmotif: A distinctive unit of music designed to represent a character, object, or idea

Wagner’s Ring and Die Walküre (1856, first performed 1870) Ring cycle a timeless fantasy adventure and a timely allegory for 19 th -century German society Explores power, greed, heroism, race Germany rapidly industrializing and striving to become a unified nation “The Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre – Most famous music from the Ring

Important Leitmotifs from Die Walküre Slumber Magic Fire Renunciation of love

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