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The Ring of the Nibelung: 4: Twilight of the Gods

on BBC Radio 3

Stage festival play for three days and a preliminary evening
Words and music by Wagner
Sung in the English translation by Andrew Porter

Third day of the festival play in a prologue and three acts
Welsh National Opera production recorded last Thursday at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Prologue and Act 1

Contributors

Composer:
Richard Wagner
Translation:
Andrew Porter
Singers:
Chorus of Welsh National Opera
Chorus-master:
Andrew Greenwood
Musicians:
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Leader:
John Stein
Conductor:
Richard Armstrong
Norns:
Anne Collins (contralto)
Norns:
Caroline Baker (mezzo-sop)
Norns:
Christine Teare (soprano)
Brunnhilde:
Anne Evans (sop)
Siegfried:
Jeffrey Lawton (tenor)
Gunther:
Barry Mora (baritone)
Hagen:
John Tranter (bass)
Gutrune:
Kathryn Harries (sop)
Waltraute:
Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano)
Alberich:
Nicholas Folwell (bar)
Rhinemaidens - Woglinde:
Eirian Davies (soprano)
Rhinemaidens - Wellgunde:
Deborah Stuart-Roberts (mezzo-soprano)
Rhinemaidens - Flosshilde:
Patricia Bardon (mezzo-sop)

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