Which statement best describes Richard Wagner's cycle of four operas titled Ring of the Nibelung?
a. important in the development of late nineteenth-century ballet
b. experimented with the tonalities of exotic instruments
c. adapted the love stories and gay tales of traditional opera
d. synthesized orchestral music, song, and staging in a "total" art work
Answer: d
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