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Drawn and painted in shades of black and white for transfer to a plate for printing.  The illustration depicts the final scene in Richard Wagner's <i>Götterdämmerung</i> at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.  \n\nThree cycles of Der Ring des Nibelungen under the musical direction of Arthur Nikisch were presented at the Royal Opera House at the start of the 1913 Spring-Summer Opera season with <i>Götterdämmerung</i> being presented on 28 April, 6 and 14 May. Fortunino Matania produced a series of illustrations of the Ring Cycle for the periodical, <i>The Sphere</i>, of which this was the fourth. On 3rd May 1913 <i>The Sphere</i> had reproduced his illustration of the Rhinemaidens from <i>Rhinegold</i>, on 10 May the Valkyrie from <i>Der Walküre</i> and on 17 May a scene from Siegfried, showing Siegfried awakening Brünhilde in the final scene but looking from the stage to the auditorium. In this fourth illustration Matania shows the relationship between the stage with its prompter’s box and the orchestra in the pit conducted by Arthur Nikisch and includes a glimpse of the auditorium close to the proscenium arch.\n\nThe published reproduction can be found in the V&amp;A Harry Beard Print Collection S.4868-2009 .","physicalDescription":"Original artwork by Fortunino Matania (1881-1963) for publication in <i>The Sphere</i> illustrated newspaper in May 1913.  Drawn and painted in shades of black and white showing the final scene in Richard Wagner's <i>Götterdämmerung</i> at Covent Garden, London.  The scene depicts the character Wotan on his throne and disappearing into the flames.  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