04/27/19 – Gotterdammerung – NOON
The Metropolitan Opera
Richard Wagner
Götterdämmerung
- ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 5 HRS 32 MINS, 2 intermissions
- SUNG IN GERMAN
- photo credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera
Wagner’s epic cycle concludes with acts of betrayal, murder, vengeance, and, finally, the destruction of the world. Christine Goerke plays Brünnhilde, whose heroic self-sacrifice paves the way for humankind’s redemption and rebirth. Andreas Schager and Stefan Vinke share the role of the hero Siegfried, and Eric Owens is Hagen. Philippe Jordan conducts.
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CAST

Conductor
Philippe Jordan

Brünnhilde
Christine Goerke

Gutrune
Edith Haller

Waltraute
Michaela Schuster

Siegfried
Andreas Schager
Gunther
Evgeny Nikitin

Alberich
Tomasz Konieczny

Hagen