[Met Performance] CID:93250



Götterdämmerung
Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, April 15, 1926




Götterdämmerung (94)
Richard Wagner | Richard Wagner
Brünnhilde
Nanny Larsén-Todsen

Siegfried
Rudolf Laubenthal

Gunther
Friedrich Schorr

Gutrune
Maria Müller

Hagen
Michael Bohnen

Waltraute
Karin Branzell

Alberich
Gustav Schützendorf

First Norn/Flosshilde
Marion Telva

Second Norn
Henriette Wakefield

Third Norn
Marcella Röseler

Woglinde
Elizabeth Kandt [Last performance]

Wellgunde
Phradie Wells

Vassal
Max Altglass

Vassal
Arnold Gabor


Conductor
Artur Bodanzky







Review 1:

Review of W. J. Henderson in the New York Sun

Wagner Opera Season Closes

Distinguished Singers Make Final Appearance in 'Götterdämmerung' at Metropolitan

Wagner bade farewell to the Metropolitan Opera House for the season last evening. There has been a considerable Wagnerian activity and evidence of much public interest. The work offered for the delectation of last night's audience was "Götterdämmerung" which has to be taken seriously if at all. Several of the distinguished principals in the cast sang for the last time. These were Miss Müller, Mr. Laubenthal, Mr. Bohnen and Mr. Schorr.

Mme. Larsen-Todsen and Mme. Branzell completed their duties as Wagner singers, but they are to be heard in Italian opera tomorrow night. Mr. Schützendorf, who was also in the cast, makes his farewell bow at the Sunday evening concert. It will be advisable for those who intend to be present at either of the performances of tomorrow to keep in mind that both will begin a quarter of an hour earlier than usual. The matinee will start at a quarter before 2 P.M. and the evening opera at a quarter before 8. The advance of time is made because the company will start for Atlanta by special train immediately after the day's work is finished.

The interpretation of the final drama of the Nibelung cycle did not differ in any essential manner from those which preceded it. The prevailing characteristic of the performance was its devotion. It would not be astonishing if at the close of a long and arduous season some of those engaged were to show sings of weariness or even want of interest in their work. But there seemed to be neither last night. If it had been the first week instead of the last one of the opera the artists could hardly have been more intent upon delivering the message of the composer.

Mme. Larsen-Todsen has won favor with the public, largely through her great earnestness, and her Brünnhilde in "Götterdämmerung" is one of the roles in which she shows it most. She received special approval from the assembly of last evening. Mme. Branzell's admirable Waltraute, Mr. Laubenthal's commendable Siegfried, Mr. Schorr's excellent Gunther and Mr. Bohnen's black and sinister Hagen were also warmly applauded. Mr. Bodanzky, who conducted for the last time this season, was made the object of special demonstration.



Search by season: 1925-26

Search by title: Götterdämmerung,



Met careers