First published by Summit Books 1990
Addendum 1994
Re-published by Limelight Editions 1998, 2004

Dedicated to Edward Downes

Contains his 5 intermission radio broadcasts on “the Ring”.

The scripts of his four intermission features (of 1, 8, 15 and 22 April 1989) form the Introduction and Chapters two, three and four of this book.

Chapter 1 is based on an intermission talk given in the previous season (16 January 1998) on “Das Rheingold.”

1. INTRODUCTION
2. DAS RHEINGOLD
3. DIE WALKURE
4. SIEGFRIED
5. GOTTERDAMMERUNG

The eminent scholar, C.S. Lewis, recording his reactions when he first encountered “the Ring”, exclaimed: “the sky turned round”.

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