Attila Jun stars in Bayreuth's Götterdämmerung

By David Karlin, 28 August 2014

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“When Castorf drilled into Der Ring, out came a veritable gusher of ideas”

Reviewed at Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Bayreuth on 27 August 2014

Wagner, Götterdämmerung

Kirill Petrenko, Conductor

Frank Castorf, Director

Adriana Braga Peretzki, Costume Designer

Aleksandar Denić, Set Designer

Catherine Foster, Brünnhilde

Allison Oakes, Gutrune

Christiane Kohl, Third Norn

Julia Rutigliano, Wellgunde

Mirella Hagen, Woglinde

Okka von der Damerau, Flosshilde, First Norn

Claudia Mahnke, Second Norn, Waltraute

Lance Ryan, Siegfried

Oleg Bryjak, Alberich

Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester, Gunther

Attila Jun, Hagen

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Bayreuth Festival Chorus

Eberhard Friedrich, Choirmaster / chorus director

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.

From kebab shop to the New York Stock Exchange: Attila Jun stars in Bayreuth's Götterdämmerung