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Baritone

Thomas Lehman

Gunther

Bass

Gidon Saks

Hagen

Soprano

Nina Stemme

Brünnhilde

Aile Asszonyi

Gutrune

Mezzo-soprano

Okka von der Damerau

Waltraute

Stage director

Stefan Herheim

Conductor

Donald Runnicles

Lighting designer

Ulrich Niepel

Costume designer

Uta Heiseke

Set designer

Silke Bauer

Dramaturge

Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach

Jörg Königsdorf

Chorus master

Jeremy Bines

Jürgen Linn

Alberich

Jordan Shanahan

Karis Tucker

Second Norn

Meechot Marrero

Woglinde

Wellgunde

Video designer

Torge Møller

Tenor

Clay Hilley

Siegfried

Contralto

Beth Taylor

First Norn

Elisabeth Teige

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Flosshilde

Albert Pesendorfer

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Götterdämmerung -  (The Twilight of the Gods)

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Der Ring des Nibelungen - Deutsche Oper Berlin

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Götterdämmerung Wagner,Richard

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The Twilight of the Gods

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Final day in Richard Wagner´s tetralogy DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN (The Ring of the Nibelung).Director, Stage: Stefan HerheimConductor: Sir Donald RunniclesStag...

Anna Lapkovskaja, Karis Tucker and Aile Asszonyi in GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG by Richard Wagner

In the last part of the tetralogy the horizon widens again: Siegfried expands on "New Deeds" and meets people who are dominated by greed for power and wealth and who do not shy away from any means to achieve their goal. Without the help of Brünnhilde who stayed behind, the hero becomes a victim of the intrigues at Gibichungenhof. But his case also ushered in the downfall of this old world, which is still suffering from the curse with which Alberich had placed the all-powerful ring in the RHEINGOLD. Only the sacrifice of Brünnhilde, who has come to know, opens up a chance: by giving the stolen gold back to the Rhine and extinguishing her own existence through self-immolation, she paves the way for a new beginning. From the ashes of Brünnhilde, Wagner musically lets the love motif blossom, which so far has only been in the third act of WALKÜRE. At the end of GÖTTERDÄDMERUNG there is not only doom, but also hope. The game can start again - will it be different next time?


As part of their already multiple successful cooperation, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Naxos will record the two cyclical performances of the RING DES NIBELUNGEN in November 2021 audiovisually as producers. In addition to the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Naxos, other production partners are Norwegian television NRK, the online platform MarqueeTV and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, which will also broadcast the second cycle live on the radio. After post-production of the recording, the RING DES NIBELUNGEN will be available in Germany in the ARD media library and internationally on MarqueeTV in spring 2022, as well as being broadcast on Norwegian television. In autumn 2022, Naxos will publish the RING cycle in a DVD or Blu-ray box.

The Twilight of the Gods by Wagner, Richard, From (2021/2022), Directed by Stefan Herheim,, Conductor Donald Runnicles, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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