Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Excerpts; Charles Mackerras, Birgit Nilsson (1973)

Charles Mackerras, Sydney Symphony Orchestra (Recorded 29th September, 1973, Sydney Opera House) Birgit Nilsson, soprano This was the opening concert of the Sydney Opera House. =============== 00:00 — Introduction 01:16 — Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey 14:13 — Siegfried’s Funeral March 25:12 — Brünnhilde’s Immolation =============== “Götterdämmerung“ (“Twilight of the Gods“) is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner, with a German libretto by the composer. It is the last of the four works that form the cycle “Der Ring des Nibelungen“ (“The Ring of the Nibelung“). It was first performed at the Bayreuth Festival Theatre on 17th August, 1876.