The Met in HD: Götterdämmerung, 2012

Par Gavin Dixon, 01 décembre 2013

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Critique faite à Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York, le 11 février 2012

Wagner, Crépuscule des dieux (Götterdämmerung)

Metropolitan Opera

Fabio Luisi, Direction

Robert Lepage, Direction musicale

Deborah Voigt, Brünnhilde

Wendy Bryn Harmer, Gutrune

Heidi Melton, Troisième Norne

Jennifer Johnson Cano, Wellgunde

Erin Morley, Woglinde

Tamara Mumford, Flosshilde

Elizabeth Bishop, Deuxième Norne

Waltraud Meier, Waltraute

Maria Radner, Première Norne

Jay Hunter Morris, Siegfried

Eric Owens, Alberich

Iain Paterson, Gunther

Hans-Peter König, Hagen

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Gavin Dixon

Gavin Dixon is a writer, journalist and editor specialising in classical music. He writes for publications such as Gramophone, Classical Music and BBC Music Magazine. Gavin has a PhD on the symphonies of Alfred Schnittke and is a member of the editorial team for the “Alfred Schnittke Collected Works” edition. His website is here.