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Notes
‘Gotterdammerung’ (Twilight of the Gods) is the epic fourth and final opera of Wagner’s great Ring cycle, with a plot that depicts the fall of heroes, gods, and the entire world. As ever with the Ring, the joys of love are all too fragile and fleeting, and the drama of ‘Gotterdammerung’ revolves around dark and unsettling reversals of fortune and illusions of hope that synthesize thrilling and powerful grand opera traditions with Wagner’s revolutionary techniques. Containing all of the Ring’s essential elements, ‘Gotterdammerung’ possesses a profoundly satisfying sense of inevitability that makes it both a towering climax and a unified summation of the Ring’s abundant variety.
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Reviews
“This is a fine conclusion to the Hong Kong Ring Cycle, a great achievement for the orchestra and its administration. Van Zweden’s conducting is satisfying in its integrity, sensitively supporting the singers while maintaining a sweeping line to the dramatic arc – the big show-pieces are grand and thrilling without overheating …” ***½
Limelightmagazine.com.au – 15 April 2019
Classical Album of the Week
"... Hi [Van Zweden] control of the huge musical and dramatic paragraphs of Götterdämmerung is always confident, and the orchestral set pieces have an impressive dramatic presence ..." ***
Andrew Clements - The Guardian - 16 November 2018
“… The Dutch conductor deserves an award for steering his players through initially unfamiliar music with such a firm hand and sustained panache. Trophies should equally go to the musicians for their warmth, robustness and precision. When the horns call out before Siegfried’s fateful return to the Rhine forest in Act II, or in the Act III prelude, you’re hearing one of the best Wagner orchestras in the world…” ****
Geoff Brown – The Times – 9 November 2018
Performance **** Recording ****
George Hall - BBC Music magazine - December 2018
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