Götterdämmerung

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Götterdämmerung is the final opera in Richard Wagner’s monumental Ring cycle, depicting the catastrophic downfall of gods and heroes in a mythic Germanic world.

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Götterdämmerung canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music drama
opera
basedOn Germanic mythology
Norse mythology
Poetic Edda
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
surface form: Völsunga saga
centralTheme betrayal
downfall of the gods
end of the world
fate and destiny
redemption through love
commissionedFor Bayreuth Festival
composer Richard Wagner
compositionPeriod mid-19th century
concludesStoryOf Der Ring des Nibelungen
surface form: Ring of the Nibelung
cycle Ring cycle
featuresCharacter Brünnhilde
Günther
surface form: Gunther

Gutrune
Hagen
Norns
Rhinemaidens
Siegfried
Waltraute
featuresMotif Infernal Scene
surface form: Immolation Scene

Siegfried’s Funeral March
follows Siegfried
genre Romantic opera
hasPrologue true
language German
librettist Richard Wagner
notableSection Brünnhilde
surface form: Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene

Norns
surface form: Prologue with the Norns

Siegfried’s Funeral March
Der Ring des Nibelungen
surface form: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
numberOfActs 3
partOf Der Ring des Nibelungen
positionInSeries fourth
precededBy Das Rheingold
Die Walküre
Siegfried
premiereCity Bayreuth
premiereCountry Germany
premiereDate 1876-08-17
premiereLocation Festspielhaus Bayreuth
surface form: Bayreuth Festspielhaus
setting mythic Germanic world
textAuthor Richard Wagner
workNumberInCycle 4

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Richard Wagner composerOf Götterdämmerung
Der Ring des Nibelungen part Götterdämmerung