Götterdämmerung / Wagner ; production by Robert Lepage ; directed by Gary Halvorson ; [presented by] the Metropolitan Opera ; producers, Louisa Briccetti, Victoria Warivonchik.
Third day of the stage festival play The Ring of the Nibelung. Series from disc label. Libretto by the composer. Host, Patricia Racette ; Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde) ; Jay Hunter Morris (Siegfried) ; Hans-Peter König (Hagen) ; Waltraud Meier (Waltraute) ; Iain Paterson (Gunther) ; Wendy Bryn Harmer (Gutrune) ; Eric Owens (Alberich) ; Maria Radner (1. Norn) ; Elizabeth Bishop (2. Norn) ; Heidi Melton (3. Norn) ; Erin Morley (Woglinde) ; Jennifer Johnson Cano (Wellgunde) ; Tamara Mumford (Floßhilde) ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus ; Fabio Luisi, conductor. Broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera, February 11, 2012. "A Metropolitan Opera high-definition production." Program notes by Paul Thomason, A conversation with Robert Lepage, and synopsis, all in English with French and German translations (20 p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container. Extras (15 min.): Backsage at the Met; interviews. Third day of the stage festival play The Ring of the Nibelung. Series from disc label. Libretto by the composer. "A Metropolitan Opera high-definition production." Program notes by Paul Thomason, A conversation with Robert Lepage, and synopsis, all in English with French and German translations (20 p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container. Extras (15 min.): Backsage at the Met; interviews.
Contents:
Disc 1. -- Act I (121 min.) -- Extras -- disc 2. -- Act II (68 min.) -- Act III. (82 min.)
Summary:
In the fourth and final opera of Wagner's Ring cycle, Brünnhilde redeems the world with her act of self-sacrifice.
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