Ring Cycle Premieres

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Richard Wagner's cycle of four operas, Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelungs) is first performed, at the first of the music festivals at Bayreuth, Germany. The four operas in the cycle are: Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), Die Walkuere (The Valkyrie), Siegfried, and Goetterdaemmerung (The Twilight of the Gods).