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The Ring returns to the Rhine: Götterdämmerung at La Scala

Camilla Nylund (Brünnhilde) and Klaus Florian Vogt (Siegfried)
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Günther Groissböck (Hagen) and Russell Braun (Günther)
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Götterdämmerung at La Scala
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Klaus Florian Vogt (Siegfried), Lea-ann Dunbar, Svetlina Stoyanova, Virginie Verrez (Rhinemaidens)
© Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Camilla Nylund (Brünnhilde) and Nina Stemme (Waltraute)
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“giving voice to its epic poetry while avoiding empty monumentality”
Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 1 February 2026
Wagner, Götterdämmerung
Teatro alla Scala
Alexander Soddy, Conductor
Sir David McVicar, Director, Set Designer
Hannah Postlethwaite, Set Designer
Emma Kingsbury, Costume Designer
David Finn, Lighting Designer
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Coro del Teatro alla Scala
S Katy Tucker, Video
Klaus Florian Vogt, Siegfried
Camilla Nylund, Brünnhilde
Russell Braun, Gunther
Olga Bezsmertna, Gutrune, Third Norn
Günther Groissböck, Hagen
Johannes Martin Kränzle, Alberich
Nina Stemme, Waltraute
Christa Mayer, First Norn
Szilvia Vörös, Second Norn
Lea-ann Dunbar, Woglinde
Svetlina Stoyanova, Wellgunde
Virginie Verrez, Flosshilde
Gareth Mole, Choreography
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