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ComposerWagner, Richard (1813-1883)
PeriodRomantic
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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LucerneGötterdämmerungConcert performance

© Priska Ketterer | Lucerne Festival
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Kent Nagano; Dresden Festival Orchestra; Dresden Festival Choir of the Richard Wagner Academy; Young Woo Kim; Åsa Jäger

ParisLe Crépuscule des dieuxConcert performance

© Antonine Saito
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Kent Nagano; Dresden Festival Orchestra; Dresden Festival Choir of the Richard Wagner Academy; Young Woo Kim; Åsa Jäger

ParisLe Crépuscule des dieux (Götterdämmerung)New production

© Edward Burtynsky | Nicholas Metivier
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Ching-Lien Wu; Calixto Bieito; Opéra national de Paris; Rebecca Ringst; Ingo Krügler; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
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Atlanta Opera's powerful Götterdämmerung caps a landmark Ring cycle

Le Bu (Gunther) and Stefan Vinke (Siegfried) © Raftermen
With superb singing, inspired orchestral playing and imaginative staging, Atlanta Opera crowns its monumental Wagner undertaking.
*****
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The Ring returns to the Rhine: Götterdämmerung at La Scala

Camilla Nylund (Brünnhilde) and Klaus Florian Vogt (Siegfried) © Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Under Alexander Soddy’s powerful conducting and Sir David McVicar’s dark, evocative staging, the Ring finds a searing conclusion, anchored by a powerful Brünnhilde from Camilla Nylund, as the world burns.
*****
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A fervently theatrical Götterdämmerung at Tanglewood

Christine Goerke © Hilary Scott, courtesy of the BSO
A star-is-born performance from the young American bass David Leigh anchors a thrilling performance of the Ring cycle's dramatic conclusion.
****1
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ParisLe Crépuscule des dieux

Opéra national de Paris
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Pablo Heras-Casado; Calixto Bieito; Opéra national de Paris; Rebecca Ringst; Ingo Krügler; Michael Bauer; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

LeedsGötterdämmerung Prologue & Act 1

Mati Turi (Siegfried) © Clive Barda
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Richard Farnes; Peter Mumford; Opera North; Mati Turi; Kelly Cae Hogan; Andrew Foster-Williams; Giselle Allen

LeedsGötterdämmerung Act 2

Mati Turi (Siegfried) © Clive Barda
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Richard Farnes; Peter Mumford; Opera North; Mats Almgren; Mati Turi; Andrew Foster-Williams; Kelly Cae Hogan
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Out of the ordinary: Wagner’s Ring at Paris Opera

Das Rheingold at Opéra de Paris © Herwig Prammer | OnP
In 2026, Opéra national de Paris presents its first complete cycle of Wagner’s Ring for over a decade, with productions directed by Calixto Bieito. We dig into these striking and provocative productions...

Catharine Woodward on singing Brünnhilde

Catharine Woodward as Brünnhilde with Peter Furlong as Siegfried © Steve Gregson | Regents Opera
This February, Regents Opera stages Wagner’s complete Ring cycle at London’s York Hall. Soprano Catharine Woodward talks about embodying one of the most iconic characters in all opera: Brünnhilde.