A character who sings that he shall renounce love forever after being rejected by a trio of water nymphs introduces the "death-curse" (*) leitmotif that appears throughout these works.
Rioting erupted at the centennial performance of this set of works, which under the direction of Pierre Boulez and Patrice Chéreau had been recast during the Industrial Revolution. One work in this set sees The Wanderer beat Mime in a riddle competition. A character who sings that he shall renounce love forever after being rejected by a trio of water nymphs introduces the "death-curse" (*) leitmotif that appears throughout these works. The last of these works contains an "immolation scene" in which Hagen drowns after attempting to retrieve a certain object from the funeral pyre of Brunnhilde and Siegfried. For 10 points, name this four-opera cycle that centers on an object forged by Alberich and includes Das Rheingold and Götterdammerung, a work of Richard Wagner.
Rioting erupted at the centennial performance of this set of works, which under the direction of Pierre Boulez and Patrice Chéreau had been recast during the Industrial Revolution.
the {Ring cycle} [or The {Ring} of the {Nibelung}; or Der {Ring} des {Nibelungen}]