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About how many hours of music is a full Ring cycle?
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What does Wotan put around the sleeping Brünnhilde?
Answer: A ring of fire
Why: The flames are there to keep away everyone except the bravest of heroes.
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Who is the Nibelung of the Ring's title?
Answer: Alberich
Why: Alberich forges the ring himself from the gold he steals from the Rhinemaidens.
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What breed was Wagner's dog Robber?
Answer: Newfoundland
Why: Robber shared the stormy 1839 sea voyage to London that inspired The Flying Dutchman.
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What draws Lohengrin's boat when he first arrives?
Answer: A swan
Why: The swan turns out to be Elsa's lost brother Gottfried, enchanted by the sorceress Ortrud.
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About how many years did the Ring take to complete?
Answer: 26 years
Why: He broke off in 1857 after two acts of the third opera and wrote Tristan und Isolde and Die Meistersinger first.
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Which Shakespeare play did Das Liebesverbot adapt?
Answer: Measure for Measure
Why: It flopped at its 1836 premiere in Magdeburg and was never staged again in Wagner's lifetime.
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