Every story needs an ending, especially the Ring which has foreseen its own conclusion since the very beginning. Yet while Wagner was careful to save some of the most spectacular scenes for Götterdämmerung, the final night of his cycle, director Guy Cassiers and his production team never seemed to know quite what to do with them. A number of crucial moments – perhaps none more important than Brünnhilde’s farewell to the world – suffered from a complete lack of energy, and had it not been for the taut direction of Daniel Barenboim, and a wonderful cast led by the consistently excellent Iréne Theorin, the evening might well have been interminable. Instead, it was mostly thrilling. In the evening’s minus column was a general sloppiness that rose to the surface in several scenes. Neither Siegfried, Hagen, nor Gunther said all of the right…
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