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Harry Kupfer's Parsifal production (1992)

 

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Important years in Richard Wagner's life

1813 born in Leipzig
1834 Die Feen completed
1843 Holländer premiere
1845 Tannhäuser premiere
1850 Lohengrin premiere
1852 text of Rheingold and Walküre
1854 Das Rheingold completed
1856 Die Walküre completed
1859 Tristan completed
1865 Tristan premiere in Munich
1868 Meistersinger premiere
1869 Das Rheingold premiere
1870 Die Walküre premiere
1871 Siegfried completed
1874 Götterdämmerung completed
1876 First Festival in Bayreuth
1882 Parsifal premiere
1883 Wagner dies in Venice

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Götterdämmerung (DVD): Bech Holten, Schønwandt, Iréne Théorin, Stig Andersen, Peter Klaveness, Steen Byriel, Guido Paevatalu, Ylva Kihlberg, Anette Bod

cover copenhagen ringStage director Kasper Bech Holten

Conductor Michael Schønwandt

Brünnhilde Irene Théorin
Siegfried Stig Fogh Andersen
Hagen Peter Klaveness
Gunter Guido Paevatalu
Gutrune Ylva Kihlberg
Waltraute Anette Bod
Alberich Sten Byriel
1. Norn Susanne Resmark
2. Norn Hanne Fischer
3. Norn Anne Margrethe Dahl
Woglinde Djina Mai-Mai
Wellgunde Elisabeth Meyer-Topsøe
Flosshilde Ulla Kudsk Jensen

Chorus Master Philip White
Set and Costume Designers Marie í Dali and Steffen Aarfing
Lighting Designer Jesper Kongshaug
Dramaturgy Henrik Engelbrecht

Royal Danish Opera Chorus
Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen

Götterdämmerung is sold as part of the complete cycle of Der Ring des Nibelungen: The Copenhagen Ring on DVD

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Interview with Iréne Theorin on Wagneropera.no (in Norwegian)

Reviews etc.

"Last, but not least, the perhaps greatest achievement of this Cycle: The orchestra with Michael Schönwandt. After all I have heard Michael Schönwandt conduct 50+ Wagner performances over the past 20 years and I know that the heavy handed Wagner approach with plenty of brass and strings is just not his style, instead emphasizing the detailed structure and transparency of the score. But, even without the slightest hint of local-patriotism, I was hugely impressed with what was no doubt orchestra playing on a high international level - continuously flowing, never monotonous and even the major poignant sections such as Siegfried's Funeral march and the Ending was pulled off magnificently."
From a review and in-depth report on Mostly Opera: The Copenhagen Ring - Götterdämmerung

Review of the Copenhagen Ring (in Norwegian) on Wagneropera.no

 

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Interview with Iréne Theorin on Wagneropera.no (in Norwegian)

 

 

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