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The cycle concludes: Götterdämmerung at the Royal Opera

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Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 24 October 2012
Wagner, Götterdämmerung
The Royal Opera
Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor
Keith Warner, Director
Stefanos Lazaridis, Set Designer
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Maria Radner, First Norn
Karen Cargill, Second Norn
Elisabeth Meister, Third Norn
Susan Bullock, Brünnhilde
Stefan Vinke, Siegfried
Peter Coleman-Wright, Gunther
Sir John Tomlinson, Hagen
Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Gutrune
Mihoko Fujimura, Waltraute
Wolfgang Koch, Alberich
Nadine Livingston, Woglinde
Kai Rüütel-Pajula, Wellgunde
Harriet Williams, Flosshilde
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