Gotterdammerung

Item

Record ID

37

Identifier

9253

Genre

Opera

Work Title

Gotterdammerung

Uniform Title

Ring des Nibelungen. Gotterdammerung

Program/Series Title

The Metropolitan Opera presents: Der Ring des Nibelungen

Work Alternate Titles

Twilight of the Gods

Composer

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

Text Author

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 (libretto)

Production Year

1990

Transmission/Release Date

6/21/90

Transmission/Release Year

1990

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

PBS

Home Video - VHS

DG

Home Video - DVD

DG

Conductor/Music Director

Levine, James, 1943-

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra

Chorus/Choir

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus

Soloists

Hildegard Behrens (Brunnhilde) ; Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried) ; Matti Salminen (Hagen) ; Tatiana Troyanos (Waltraute) ; Hanna Lisowska (Gutrune) ; Anthony Raffell (Gunther) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich) ; Gweneth Bean (1.Norn) ; Joyce Castle (2.Norn) ; Andrea Gruber (3.Norn) ; Kaaren Erickson (Woglinde) ; Diane Kesling (Wellgunde) ; Meredith Parsons (Flosshilde)

Participants

F. Murray Abraham (host) ; Peter Allen (announcer)

TV/Film Director

Large, Brian

Stage Director

Berkowitz, Phebe ; Schenk, Otto (production)

Sets

Schneider-Siemssen, Gunther

Costumes

Langenfass, Rolf

Production Company

Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.

Executive Producer

Gelb, Peter

Technical Information

Tape ; color ; stereo

Other Information

17 hour production reached an estimated 12,000,000 viewers over four nights on PBS. Sonya Friedman (English subtitles)

Duration

ca. 197'

Presenting Station

WNET

Company

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Recorded

Taped 1990-05-05

Archive

Motion Picture/TV Reading Room, Library of Congress

Sourcemat

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