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Alberich

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Alberich
king of dwarfs; lives in subterranean palace. [Norse Myth.: Leach, 33; Ger. Lit.: Nibelungenlied]
See : Dwarfism
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I can't even tell you why in Part 3 of the saga the dwarf Alberich has suddenly turned into Captain Hook; or what those road signs pointing "Ost" (east) are all about; or why Wagner's forest primeval more closely resembles a soccer stadium.
'Siegfried' is a Wagner tour de force by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
When Alberich seizes it, the image of the golden human decays into a black-clay, ape-like form, a transformation only possible in real musical time through computer-generated video.
VALENECIA by Gooding, Wayne / Opera Canada
Thus, while the evil dwarf Alberich steals the Rhinegold from the Rhinemaidens in the first scene, naked swimmers dive and frolic in the waters above.
Anaemic 'Rhinegold' opens Tankred Dorst's 'Ring' in Bayreuth by AFP / AFP Global Edition
 
 
 
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