Show J lJ t tip to I t o ip u ir A- A AJ J A- A AM M J rA N IES IN INI I j ST i By I. I 5 S. S Klein r f MAGIC PING RING OE GOLD I tf t i if f hI h J I if I F A ALBERICH A disappointed in love I and dazzled by the gleam o 0 othe othe I Ithe the Rhine gold in the depths o othe ot of 1 the earth sought power over th the universe by ownership of this fortune fortune for for- tune lune especially the gold ring that meant renunciation of love But Wotan ruling Walhalla Valhalla abode of the gods was jealous of this power Two giants were dis dispatched dispatched dis- dis patched to capture Alberich and and obtain the ring for Wotan By guile and strength they brought the unfortunate prince of the the- dwarfs of the nether regions to Wotan But for lor pathe pa pathe the giants demanded the rin ring Wotan had to yield then one gian giant killed the other to gain possession of ot the fatal circlet I This is the introduction to the S famous trilogy at ot music dramas for which the great German composer com com- poser Richard Wagner is famous It t Is called Das Dag Rheingold anis nn an and andis is pictured on one of ot the stamps which Germany issued in 1933 depicting Wagn Wagners Wagner's ers er's great operas C o. o n. n t t If 33 0 z 4 I I l w V. r Copyright ht SLA service J f heo t |