Götterdämmerung
8.1
The stupendous climax to Wagner’s four-part Ring cycle is brilliantly realized by the Otto Schenk/Günther Schneider-Siemssen production and byJames Levine’s monumental conducting. The Met orchestra, chorus, and an all-star cast make this Götterdämmerung one that truly rises to the occasion. Hildegard Behrens’s Brünnhilde must be experienced to be believed, as does Matti Salminen’s richly sung, domineering Hagen. At the center of the drama is Siegfried Jerusalem as Siegfried, who does not realize he has been drawn into a plot of betrayal until it is too late. Christa Ludwig is magnetic as Waltraute and Ekkehard Wlaschiha is a compelling Alberich.
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Cast
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Hildegard Behrens
Brünnhilde
Also in
Die Walküre
Elektra
Siegfried Jerusalem
Siegfried
Also in
The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
Siegfried
Brian Large
James Levine
Richard Wagner
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Corbin Nash
Matti Salminen
Hagen
Also in
Wagner: Die Walküre
Tristan und Isolde
Christa Ludwig
Waltraute
Also in
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Die Walküre
Anthony Raffell
Gunther
Also in
Lohengrin - Metropolitan Opera
Hanna Liskowska
Gutrune
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Ekkehard Wlaschiha
Alberich
Also in
Das Rheingold
Siegfried
Gweneth Bean
1. Norn
Also in
Ariadne auf Naxos - Metropolitan Opera
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Joyce Castle
2. Norn
Also in
Die Walküre
Otto Schenk Director · Brian Large Director Richard Wagner Writer
United States release May 5, 1990 · Produced in United States
Production
The Metropolitan Opera
Production
United States
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
United States · May 5, 1990
Theatrical
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