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Munich’s uneven Ring finishes with a strong Götterdämmerung

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 21 March 2015
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“it’s Maestro Kirill Petrenko who really stole the show”
Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 20 March 2015
Programme
Wagner, Götterdämmerung
Performers
Bavarian State Opera
Kirill Petrenko, Conductor
Andreas Kriegenburg, Director
Andrea Schraad, Costume Designer
Harald Thor, Set Designer
Petra Lang, Brünnhilde
Anna Gabler, Gutrune, Third Norn
Jennifer Johnston, Wellgunde, Second Norn
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Woglinde
Nadine Weissmann, Flosshilde
Okka von der Damerau, Waltraute, First Norn
Stephen Gould, Siegfried
Tomasz Konieczny, Alberich
Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester, Gunther
Hans-Peter König, Hagen
Bayerischer Staatsopernchor
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Ilana Walder-Biesanz is a product manager for Yahoo, a theatre and opera critic, and a classically trained mezzo-soprano. She explored theater and opera stagings as a Gates Scholar at Cambridge and as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. She currently writes for Bachtrack, San Francisco Classical Voice, and Stark Insider. Twitter: @ilana_wb.