Götterdämmerung, the ultimate instalment of Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung, is a narrative of human passions. Two basically benevolent creatures, concerned with and probably doomed by their visitors with the gods, discover treachery and evil on the earth of the people, and are ruined by the darkish facet of humanity. Iréne Theorin, acclaimed worldwide for her portrayal of Wagner’s heroines, stars as Brünnhilde reverse Lance Ryan, who continues his radiant portrayal of the tragic hero Siegfried. The sturdy solid additionally consists of Mikhail Petrenko because the darkish antagonist Hagen and Johannes Martin Kränzle, who as soon as once more shines as his father Alberich. Waltraud Meier has a memorable look as Brünnhilde’s sister Waltraute. With this 2013 recording of Götterdämmerung, the musically and visually compelling Scala Ring Cycle by Daniel Barenboim and Man Cassiers was accomplished and proved to be one of many highlights of the Richard Wagner bicentenary.
