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The Bayreuth Ring: Gotterdammerung

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A music-drama in three acts by Richard Wagner (sung in German)
In the final part of Wagner's'Ring' cycle, Briinnhilde sends Siegfried off down the Rhine in search of new heroic deeds; but when he arrives in the world of men the curse, placed by the dwarf Alberich on those who own the Ring, takes its toll. Only when the hero is dead and Briinnhilde sacrifices herself on his funeral pyre is the curse lifted, the gold restored to nature and the world redeemed by love.
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF BAYREUTH FESTIVAL, chorus-master NORBERT BALATSCH conducted by PIERRE BOULEZ (Bavarian Radio recording from this year's Bayreuth Festival) Act 1

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Wagner
Chorus Master:
Norbert Balatsch
Conducted By:
Pierre Boulez
First norn:
Ortrun Wenkel (contralto)
Second norn:
Gabriele Schnaut (mezzo-Soprano)
Third norn:
Katie Clarke(soprano)
Brünnhilde:
Gwyneth Jones (soprano)
Siegfried:
Manfred Jung (tenor)
Gunther:
Franz Mazura (baritone)
Hagen:
Fritz Hubner (bass)
Gutrune:
Jeannine Altmeyer (sop)
Waltraute:
Gwendolyn Killebrew (mezzo-Sop)
Alberich:
Hermann Becht (baritone)
Woglinde:
Norma Sharp (soprano)
Wellgunde:
Gabriele Schnaut (mezzo-Soprano)
Frosshilde:
Marga Schiml
Source: Radio Times

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