The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung

THIRD DAY OF THE RING CYCLE. Günter, the lord of the Rhine people, gives Siegfried a love potion that causes Siegfried to forget Brünnhilde and fall in love with Günter's sister Gutrane. Siegfried has given Brünnhilde the Ring as a token of their love, but her Valkyrie sister urges her to destroy it, because their father Wotan has lost his spear and power and is hiding out in Valhalla. Instead, Brünnhilde keeps it, and under the influence of the potion, Siegfried steals it from her. Enraged, Brünnhilde helps Alberich's son murder Siegfried, but Siegfried's memory returns, and he dies thinking of Brünnhilde. Brünnhilde repents and orders a funeral pyre to be built. She rides into the fire herself, and the Rhinemaidens get the ring back. The story closes with flames flickering about Valhalla in the background. Filmed at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus in June & July 1991.

Cast

Siegfried Jerusalem Siegfried

Bodo Brinkmann Gunther

Philip Kang Hagen

Günter von Kannen Alberich

Anne Evans Brünnhilde

Eva-Maria Bundschuh Gutrune

Waltraud Meier Waltraude Birgitta Svendén 1. Norne

Linda Finnie 2. Norne

Uta Priew 3. Norne

Hilde Leidland Woglinde

Annette Küttenbaum Wellgunde

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