who was a character in A midsummer's night dream as well as the name of Carl Maria von Weber's opera?
Christoph Martin Wieland Christoph Martin Wieland (] ; 5 September 1733 – 20 January 1813) was a German poet and writer. He is best-remembered for having written the first Bildungsroman ("Geschichte des Agathon"), as well as the epic "Oberon", which formed the basis for Carl Maria von Weber's opera of the same name.
Der Ring des Nibelungen Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner. The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the "Nibelungenlied". The composer termed the cycle a "Bühnenfestspiel" (stage festival play), structured in three days preceded by a " " ("preliminary evening"). It is often referred to as the Ring Cycle, "Wagner's Ring", or simply "The Ring".