The curse of the ring runs its course in the final chapter of Wagner's epic music drama. The Twilight of the Gods begins with the rapturous love shared by Brünnhilde (Linda Watson) and Siegfried (John Treleaven). But the evil Hagen (Eric Halfvarson), son of the dwarf Alberich (Richard Paul Fink), plots against Siegfried, first administering a magic potion of forgetfulness and then murdering him. Brünnhilde returns the ring to the Rhinemaidens, who drag Hagen down to the river's depths as he clambers after the ring. The Rhine overflows its banks and Valhalla goes up in flames in a dramatically spectacular finale unparalleled in opera.

Opera Today has commented that "LA Opera Music Director conductor James Conlon, who mastered Wagner during his years in Cologne and Paris, drew superb playing from the LA Opera Orchestra…a thrill a minute!" The Sunday Times (London) called his Wagner conducting "luminous, viscerally exciting!"

You'll be swept away on an incredible adventure: from the opening Prologue drenched in doom to "Dawn and Rhine Journey" to "Siegfried's Funeral March" culminating in the dramatic climax of the final apocalyptic "Immolation Scene." This celebration of the human spirit soars to heights of heroism and proclaims the redemptive power of love.

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SIEGFRIED John Treleaven View Profile GUNTHER Alan Held View Profile HAGEN Eric Halfvarson View Profile BRÜNNHILDE Linda Watson View Profile WALTRAUTE/2ND NORN Michelle DeYoung View Profile 1ST NORN Jill Grove View Profile 3RD NORN Melissa Citro View Profile GUTRUNE Jennifer Wilson* View Profile WOGLINDE Stacey Tappan View Profile WELLGUNDE Lauren McNeese View Profile FLOSSHILDE Ronnita Nicole Miller View Profile ALBERICH Richard Paul Fink View Profile

CONDUCTOR James Conlon View Profile DIRECTOR AND DESIGNER Achim Freyer View Profile COSTUME DESIGNER Achim Freyer and Amanda Freyer View Profile LIGHTING DESIGNERS Brian Gale and Achim Freyer View Profile