Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung: a companion : the full German text

'Or strike at me now as I strangle thy knee' : a note on the text and translation / Stewart Spencer

Wagner's revolutionary musical reforms / Barry Millington

Thematic guide

'What shall we do for a ring?' / Barry Millington

In pursuit of the purely human : the 'Ring' and its medieval sources / Elizabeth Magee

Epiphany and apocalypse in the 'Ring' / Roger Hollinrake

'The world belongs to Alberich!' : Wagner's changing attitude towards the 'Ring' / Warren Darcy

The ring of the Nibelung / translated by Stewart Spencer.