Performance on 3 - Wagner: Gotterdammerung - Gotterdammerung - Prologue and Act 1

Presented by Martin Handley. In a concert from Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, the Halle give their first performance of a complete Wagner opera, with Mark Elder conducting, Lars Cleveman as Siegfried and Katarina Dalayman as Brunnhilde. As a pledge of his love, Siegfried gives Brunnhilde the ring he took from the dragon Fafner, the ring made from the Rheingold that gives its owner power over all the world. Then she sends him into the world to do heroic deeds. But in the hall of the Gibichungs, Hagen has other ideas: a magic potion will make Siegfried forget Brunnhilde and fall in love with Gutrune. The Ring's final chapter is a saga of passion and vengeance, culminating in an act of self-sacrifice and redemption. Wagner: Gotterdammerung (Prologue and Act 1) Brunnhilde ...... Katarina Dalayman Hagen ...... Attila Jun Gunther ...... Peter Coleman-Wright Waltraute ...... Susan Bickley Second Norn ...... Yvonne Howard Woglinde ...... Katherine Broderick Flosshilde ...... Leah-Marian Jones Siegfried ...... Lars Cleveman Alberich ...... Andrew Shore Gutrune ...... Nancy Gustafson First Norn ...... Ceri Williams Third Norn ...... Miranda Keys Wellgunde ...... Madeleine Shaw BBC Symphony Chorus London Symphony Chorus Chorus of the Royal Opera Halle Choir and Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor).