Bibliograph

Götterdämmerung, the Metropolitan Opera ; music & libretto, Richard Wagner

Type

Label

Götterdämmerung, the Metropolitan Opera ; music & libretto, Richard Wagner

Language

ger

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Götterdämmerung

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

51318949

resource.otherEventInformation

Produced at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Apr.-May, 1990

Responsibility statement

the Metropolitan Opera ; music & libretto, Richard Wagner

Runtime

281

Series statement

Ring des Nibelungen

Summary

In this final opera of the Ring cycle, Siegfried leaves Breunnhilde and sets off down the Rhine, where he meets Geunther, king of the Gibichung, his sister Gutrune, and their half-brother Hagen, son of Alberich. Conspiring together, the siblings induce Siegfried to drink a magic potion to forget Breunnhilde, then retrieve her so that she may marry Geunther. This deed accomplished, Hagen then murders Siegfried during a hunt. When Breunnhilde sacrifices herself upon Siegfried's pyre, Hagen attempts to steal the magic ring, but is thwarted as the waters of the Rhine rise, washing over everything, and the Rhine maidens retrieve their treasure, as Valhalla appears in flames above

Technique

live action

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