Luca Zoppelli
"Richard Wagner. L'anello del Nibelungo"

An existential and political parable at once, The Ring of the Nibelung denounces the exploitation of both humankind and nature, questions the violence of power, and exalts love as an act of rebellion.
Across its four dramas, Wagner’s monumental work weaves together the theatrical experiments, musical innovations, and philosophical and political ideas of nineteenth-century Europe — each element illuminating and legitimizing the others. Generation after generation, it continues to inspire new reflections on human nature and social dynamics.
feThis volume offers anyone interested in music, theatre, or the history of ideas an up-to-date guide to listening to, watching, and studying the tetralogy, grounded in the most recent scholarship that has profoundly reshaped our understanding of both Wagner’s work and personality, and of the broader cultural networks of modern European musical theatre.

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