Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods) - Richard Wagner
Information about the opera Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner, and the best recordings available on CD or DVD, or for download.
The last opera in Wagner's Ring cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung).
Recommended recordings on CD
Keilberth (Testament SBT4 1393)
Recorded in stereo at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival.
Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Keilberth, 1955.
Testament SBT4 1393
Knappertsbusch/Varnay/Aldenhoff (Testament SBT 4175)
An important historical recording from the first post-war Bayreuth festival.
Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch, 1951.
Cast: Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde), Bernd Aldenhoff (Siegfried), Ludwig Weber (Hagen), Heinrich Pflanzel (Alberich), Hermann Uhde (Gunther).
Testament SBT 4175 (mono)
Recommended recordings on DVD
Mehta (C Major 701 108)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, conducted by Zubin Mehta.
C Major 701 108
Haenchen/Altmeyer/Kruse (Opus Arte OA 0949 D)
The final part in this new staging of the Ring from Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam.
Conducted by Hartmut Haenchen, 1999.
Cast: Jeannine Altmeyer (Brünnhilde), Heinz Kruse (Siegfried), Kurt Rydl (Hagen), Henk Smit (Alberich), Wolfgang Schöne (Gunther).
Opus Arte OA 0949 D
Billy/Polaski/Treleaven (Opus Arte OA 0913 D)
The final work in this recommended Ring cycle on DVD.
Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Theatre del Liceu, conducted by Bertrand de Billy, 2004.
Cast: Deborah Polaski (Brünnhilde), John Treleaven (Siegfried), Matti Salminen (Hagen), Günter von Kannen (Alberich), Falk Struckmann (Gunther).
Opus Arte OA 0913 D