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Nina Stemme’s glorious immolation crowns a stunning Vienna Götterdämmerung

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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 8 June 2014
Wagner, Götterdämmerung
Vienna State Opera
Jeffrey Tate, Conductor
Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director
Marianne Glittenberg, Costume Designer
Rolf Glittenberg, Set Designer
Nina Stemme, Brünnhilde
Stephen Gould, Siegfried
Attila Jun, Hagen
Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Alberich
Markus Eiche, Gunther
Caroline Wenborne, Gutrune
Zoryana Kushpler, First Norn
Stephanie Houtzeel, Second Norn
Ildikó Raimondi, Third Norn
Simona Ivan, Woglinde
Ulrike Helzel, Wellgunde
Alisa Kolosova, Flosshilde
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
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