"Andrew Porter's utterly natural, often poetic, faithfully renderedEnglish text should be a revelation...The immediacy of instantcomprehension gives the entire drama an added dimension."-The New YorkTimes
RichardWagner's vast Der Ring des Nibelungen cycle comprises fourfull-length operas (Das Rheingold, Die Walkure, Siegfried and Gotterdammerung) and is arguably the most extraordinary achievementin the history of opera. His own libretto to the operas, translated by Andrew Porter, is an intricatesystem of metric patterns, imaginative metaphors and alliteration,combining to produce the music in text.
