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Wagner's Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung

Wagner's Ring Cycle: Götterdämmerung

Opera on 3: Wagner's Ring Cycle

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Götterdämmerung, the last of the four operas of Wagner's Ring cycle.

Götterdämmerung, the last of the four operas of Wagner's Ring cycle, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden with Nina Stemme as Brünnhilde, and conducted by Antonio Pappano.

This evening sees the conclusion of Wagner's Ring cycle, recorded and first broadcast in 2018.

As Wagner's epic drama reaches its conclusion in the fourth and final opera, the love between Siegfried and Brünnhilde is torn apart by the malignant machinations and lust for the Ring of the black-hearted Hagen. Brünnhilde's revenge brings Siegfried's death, and ultimately the fiery destruction of the gods and Valhalla itself.

The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and a stellar cast led by Nina Stemme as Brünnhilde and Stefan Vinke as Siegfried is conducted by Antonio Pappano in Keith Warner's acclaimed production. Presented by Tom Service, who is joined in the box by the Rev. Lucy Winkett.

Wagner: Götterdämmerung

5.00pm: Act 1

7.05pm: Interval

7.15pm: Act 2 

8.20pm: Interval

8.40pm: Act 3

Brünnhilde ..... Nina Stemme (soprano)
Siegfried ..... Stefan Vinke (tenor)
Alberich ..... Johannes Martin Kränzle (baritone) 
Gunther ..... Markus Butter (baritone)
Gutrune ..... Emily Magee (soprano)
Hagen ..... Stephen Milling (bass)
Waltraute ..... Karen Cargill (mezzo)
First Norn ..... Claudia Huckle (contralto)
Second Norn ..... Irmgard Vilsmaier (soprano)
Third Norn ..... Lise Davidsen (soprano)
Woglinde ..... Lauren Fagan (soprano)
Weilgunde ..... Rachael Lloyd (mezzo)
Flosshilde ..... Angela Simkin (mezzo)
Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus
Antonio Pappano (conductor)

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Photo credit: Bill Cooper/ ROH 2018

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Wagner's Ring cycle from the Royal Opera House, conducted by Antonio Pappano.

Wagner's Ring cycle from the Royal Opera House, recorded and first broadcast in 2018. A stellar cast led by John Lundgren as Wotan is conducted by Antonio Pappano.

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