The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung

“Nothing in opera is grander than The Ring, no work more suited to the deep reading the writer gives here.” —Opera News

Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung is one of the greatest works of art created in modern times, and has fascinated both critics and devotees for over a century and a half. No recent study has examined the meaning of Wagner's masterpiece with the attention to detail and intellectual power that Roger Scruton brings to it in this inspiring account.

The Ring of Truth is an ex...