It ends with Brunnhilde riding into a (*) funeral pyre and the burning of the Hall of the Gods.
The title object of this musical composition is forged by Alberich. Its composer built a theater in Bayreuth [bi-ROYT] specifically to host this work, which takes 16 hours to perform over four nights. It ends with Brunnhilde riding into a (*) funeral pyre and the burning of the Hall of the Gods. Das Rheingold [RINE-gold], Die Walküre [dee VAL-koor], Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung make up, for 10 points, what epic four-opera "cycle" written by Richard Wagner [ree-kart VAHG-ner]?
The title object of this musical composition is forged by Alberich.
The Ring of the Nibelung (or The Ring Cycle or the Der Ring des Nibelungen; accept Das Rheingold before "16 hours" is read)