The Bayreuth Festival features works by this composer:
a. Tchaikovsky
b. Brahms
c. Wagner
d. Musorgsky
e. Chopin
Question 2Identify the erroneous statement about the Ring cycle.
a. It is a set of four operas.
b. Wagner not only wrote the music, but the librettos as well.
c. It is a single continuous epic drawing on the tales of German mythology.
d. Wagner viewed the work as a fairy tale, a harmless fantasy that had no
relevance to contemporary life.
e. It is set in the smoky mists of primeval time, in a land of gods, river nymphs,
dwarfs, giants, dragons, and sword-wielding heroes.