Götterdämmerung
Wagner, Richard / St. Clair, Carl / Schmittberg, Norbert / Hoff, Mario / Möwes, Tomas / Mészár, Renatus / Foster, Catherine / Zumbült, Marietta / Weissmann, Nadine
A bleak wind chord of E flat minor opens Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung. It establishes the dominant atmosphere of the piece from its first bar: twilight, a deceptive half-light, prevails. Shadowy figures stumble towards the abyss. The last evening of the Ring is one of plotting and betrayal, of ominous oaths, a chilling lust for power, abuse and humiliation - and, also, of a superbly staged apocalypse, when the beings and things destined fo...
