The Ring of the Nibelung

Tonight, I invite you around a campfire in the Black Forest. I will tell you the story of the Ring of the Nibelung, a cycle of 4 operas by Richard Wagner (the Rhinegold, the Valkyrie, Siegfried and Twilight of the Gods) as a starting point to explore Germanic and Norse mythology, the origins and importance of Germanic Peoples, the creation of national narratives in the 19th Century, the legacy of Wagner, and more.