Atlanta Opera's powerful Götterdämmerung caps a landmark Ring cycle

Le Bu (Gunther) and Stefan Vinke (Siegfried)

Lise Lindstrom (Brünnhilde)

Tamara Mumford (Waltraute) and Lise Lindstrom (Brünnhilde)

David Leigh (Hagen)

Stefan Vinke (Siegfried) with Gretchen Krupp, Cadie J Bryan & Alexandra Razskazoff (Rhinemaidens)

By Sam Jacobson, 11 June 2026

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“As Brünnhilde, Lise Lindstrom was a force to be reckoned with”

Reviewed at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre: John A Williams Theatre, Atlanta on 5 June 2026

Wagner, Götterdämmerung

Atlanta Opera

Roberto Kalb, Conductor

Tomer Zvulun, Director

Erhard Rom, Set Designer, Video

Mattie Ullrich, Costume Designer

Robert Wierzel, Lighting Designer

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Stefan Vinke, Siegfried

Lise Lindstrom, Brünnhilde

Le Bu, Gunther

Sylvia D'Eramo, Gutrune

David Leigh, Hagen

Aleksey Bogdanov, Alberich

Tamara Mumford, Waltraute, First Norn

Olivia Vote, Second Norn

Caitlin Lynch, Third Norn

Cadie J Bryan, Woglinde

Alexandra Razskazoff, Wellgunde

Gretchen Krupp, Flosshilde

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Cameron Kelsall, 30th April

The second installment in The Atlanta Opera's first-ever Ring Cycle benefits from the committed performances of veteran Wagnerians like Christine Goerke and Greer Grimsley.

***11

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William E Ford, 15th April

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*****

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William E Ford, 30th October

The Atlanta Opera presents a superior live production of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci to a masked, socially distanced audience.

*****

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William E Ford, 2nd February

Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking is credited as being the most performed 21st-century opera, and with good reason.

****1

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Matthew Richard Martinez, 31st May

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****1

A musically sumptuous, dramatically staid Die Walküre in Atlanta

Cameron Kelsall, 30th April

The second installment in The Atlanta Opera's first-ever Ring Cycle benefits from the committed performances of veteran Wagnerians like Christine Goerke and Greer Grimsley.

***11

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Sam Jacobson

Sam Jacobson has been writing for Bachtrack since 2015 and is currently in Pittsburgh, having previously lived throughout the Midwest. A keen traveler, he endeavors to see all the great orchestras and opera houses across the US and abroad. Outside of music, he works as a software engineer. He also maintains a blog which can be read here.