Nineteenth-century German opera composer Richard Wagner was very knowledgeable about Buddhism and its teachings, at least for a European of that time, and he incorporated his knowledge of those teachings into his last five music dramas: The Ring of the Nibelung (a four-opera cycle) and his final opera, Parsifal. The Ring is traditionally performed separately from Parsifal, but this article explains how there is a basis to connect these five great works into one cycle, even to the extent where the performance of a five-opera cycle would one day become a reality. The basis for this connection includes Wagner's own strong belief in reincarnation, as well as Buddhism's general teaching and explanation of karma and rebirth. Nineteenth-century German opera composer Richard Wagner was very knowledgeable about Buddhism and its teachings, at least for a European of that time, and he incorporated his knowledge of those teachings into his last five music dramas: The Ring of the Nibelung (a four-opera cycle) and his final opera, Parsifal. The Ring is traditionally performed separately from Parsifal, but this article explains how there is a basis to connect these five great works into one cycle, even to the extent where the performance of a five-opera cycle would one day become a reality. The basis for this connection includes Wagner's own strong belief in reincarnation, as well as Buddhism's general teaching and explanation of karma and rebirth.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2013
توصيف ظاهري
246-270
عنوان
Religion and the Arts
شماره جلد
17/3
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1568-5292
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
Buddhism
اصطلاح موضوعی
karma
اصطلاح موضوعی
Parsifal
اصطلاح موضوعی
reincarnation
اصطلاح موضوعی
Richard Wagner
اصطلاح موضوعی
the Ring
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