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Act 1

Act 1 of the last of Wagner's Ring dramas, Gotterdammerung, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. With Susan Bullock (Brunnhilde) and Stefan Vinke (Siegfried).

Wagner's G枚tterd盲mmerung, Prologue and Act 1
Presented by Donald Macleod

From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, first broadcast live in October. In the last music drama of Wagner's Ring cycle, Brunnhilde sends Siegfried off into the world; but he soon becomes enmeshed in the intrigues of Hagen who uses Siegfried to get back the magic ring from Brunnhilde.

Donald Macleod is joined by Sarah Lenton

First Norn ..... Maria Radner (Contralto)
Second Norn ..... Karen Cargill (Mezzo-Soprano)
Third Norn ..... Elisabeth Meister (Soprano)
Br眉nnhilde ..... Susan Bullock (Soprano)
Siegfried ..... Stefan Vinke (Tenor)
Gunther ..... Peter Coleman-Wright (Baritone)
Hagen ..... John Tomlinson (Bass)
Gutrune ..... Rachel Willis-Sorensen (Soprano)
Waltraute ..... Mihoko Fujimura (Mezzo-Soprano)
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Royal Opera House Chorus
Conductor, Antonio Pappano.

2 hours, 20 minutes

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Wed 2 Jan 2013 16:30

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