Tolkien and Wagner?

[Sweatpea Knotwise]

from walhall.com....

Wagner also referred to Norse tales. When he composed The Ring of the Nibelung, he combined the Norse The Saga of the Volsungs with the German epic The Nibelungenlied. Wagner relied less heavily on the The Nibelungenlied than some believe, and instead turned to the more pagan Volsung saga with its tale of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer and the valkyrie Brynhild.

Thank goodness for Tolkien. I wouldn't want to sit through sixteen hours of Wagnerian opera.

[ July 24, 2002: Message edited by: Sweatpea Knotwise ]