Götterdämmerung

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Ring; Twilight of the Gods
Composer
Richard Wagner
Librettist
Richard Wagner
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1972
Language
German

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Otmar Suitner
Production
Paul Hager
Designer
Wolfram Skalicki
Production assistance
Ghita Hager
Jacques Karpo
Chorus Director
Byron Dean Ryan
Musical Preparation
Philip Eisenberg

Cast

First Norn
Edna Garabedian
Second Norn
Donna Petersen
Third Norn
Ariel Bybee
Brünnhilde
Berit Lindholm(10/13)
Birgit Nilsson(10/24;11/4)
Siegfried
Jess Thomas
Gunther
Thomas Stewart
Hagen
Clifford Grant
Gutrune
Marita Napier
Waltraute
Margarita Lilova
Alberich
Marius Rintzler
Woglinde
Betty Jones
Wellgunde
Gwendolyn Jones
Flosshilde
Sandra Walker

Show Dates

Broadcast

10/13/1971, live broadcast, KKHI. 

Time and Place

(not specified)

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- Summit of a mountain
Scene 2 -- The hall of the Gibichungs
Scene 3 -- Summit of a mountain
Act II -- Outside the hall of the Gibichungs
Act III, Scene 1 -- A rocky slope on the banks of the Rhine
Scene 2 -- Outside the hall of the Gibichungs

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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 10/13/1971, live broadcast, KKHI. Intermission #1 interview, Thomas Stewart (guest), #2 interview, Frank Campagnoli (guest).


Reduced orchestration by Gotthold Lessing

Auxiliary Chorus rehearsed by CHARLENE ARCHIBEQUE