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Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung] by Richard Wagner. The Nibelung of the title is the dwarf Alberich, and the Ring in question is the one he fashions from the Rhine gold. There are four operas in what is known as the ring cycle - Das Rheingold (1869) Die Walküre (1870) Siegfried (1871) Götterdämmerung (1874) And the plot revolves around a magic ring that grants the power to rule the world, forged by the Nibelung dwarf Alberich from gold stolen from the river Rhine.

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