21st July

Concert will begin at 00:00 hours GMT

Wagner's 'Götterdämmerung' Act III with Weinius, Goerke, Majesk and Rutherford from Tanglewood

Tanglewood Festival. Wagner's 'Götterdämmerung' is the last in the cycle of four epic music dramas titled 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'. Act III: In the woods by the bank of the Rhine, the Rhinemaidens swim playfully and sing a song to the Sun, mourning their lost Rhine gold ('Frau Sonne sendet lichte Strahlen'). Siegfried happens by, separated from the hunting party while searching for prey. The Rhinemaidens urge him to return the ring to the Rhine and thus avoid its curse, but he laughs at them in heroic pride and says he prefers to die rather than bargain for his life. They swim away, predicting that Siegfried will die this very day and that his heir, a lady, will treat them more fairly. Performers:

Christine Goerke: Brünnhilde.
Amanda Majesk: Gutrune.
Michael Weinius: Siegfried.
James Rutherford: Gunther.
David Leigh: Hagen.
Diana Newman, Renée Tatum, Catherine Martin: Rhine maidens.

Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.

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