The New York Metropolitan Opera season ends with the climax of the Ringcycle, in which the thread of fate that joins the past with the future finally snaps. After the murder of her lover Siegfried, Brunnhilde sacrifices herself by riding her horse into the flames of his funeral pyre. This lifts the curse, causing the final destruction of the gods and the dawning of a new age.
Chorus and Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera, conductor James LevineÃ
Act 1
7.05 Surviving Wagner
Three female heroines from the Ringcycle speak frankly about their characters. 3: The Afterlife of Gibichung Princess. A proto-Wagnerian monologue by Graeme Fife, with Abigail McKern as special investigator Gutrune. (R)
7.40 Act 2
8.45 The Met Opera Quiz
Martin Bernheimer puts listeners' questions to Ken Benson, Terrence McNally and Brian Zeger.
9.25 Act 3
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