When the Norns weave the thread of fate at the beginning of Richard Wagner's "Götterdämmerung," the end of the world of the gods is already certain. The hero Siegfried falls victim to an intrigue at the court of the Gibichungs, and Brünnhilde resolves to return the Ring to the Rhinemaidens. The male principle, in its insane quest for power and dominance, has destroyed itself. Only the female can oppose the impending apocalypse and develop the saving power for a new beginning. In the final part of "The Ring of the Nibelung," Richard Wagner takes up the major threads of the tetralogy once again and combines them into an apotheosis. In Willy Decker's production of Richard Wagner's drama of humanity, everything is "theater within the theater," and so the abdicated god Wotan lets the curtain fall at the end.

Götterdämmerung (The Twilight of the Gods)

Semper Opera Dresden

A stellar soloist ensemble shines in our concert-version Rosenkavalier – because Strauss’s opera is a festival of singing! Julia Kleiter is an internationally sought-after soprano, audiences cheered her Marschallin at the Wiener Staatsoper and the Lindenoper Berlin. Canadian mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo became the first female singer to win all four major prizes at the Operalia Competition, and her career is now taking off at the Met, in Vienna, Munich, Paris, and Covent Garden. The icing on the cake: Jonathan Tetelman in the brief but feared part of the Italian singer. Singing at its finest!

Daniela Kohler

Events

Upcoming events

17 - 24 May, 2026

Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier · Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Past events

1 - 10 Feb, 2023

Götterdämmerung (The Twilight of the Gods) · Semperoper Dresden

Future and recently performed repertoire

Third Norn in Götterdämmerung by Wagner

Semperoper Dresden

Marianne Leitmetzerin in Der Rosenkavalier by Strauss

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

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