[Met Performance] CID:121190



Götterdämmerung
Ring Cycle [60]
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, March 20, 1937




Götterdämmerung (129)
Richard Wagner | Richard Wagner
Brünnhilde
Gertrud Rünger

Siegfried
Paul Althouse

Gunther
Julius Huehn

Gutrune
Irene Jessner

Hagen
Ludwig Hofmann

Waltraute
Karin Branzell

Alberich
Eduard Habich

First Norn/Flosshilde
Doris Doe

Second Norn/Wellgunde
Irra Petina

Third Norn
Dorothee Manski

Woglinde
Stella Andreva

Vassal
Max Altglass

Vassal
Arnold Gabor


Conductor
Artur Bodanzky


Ring Cycle [60]








Review 1:

Review in unidentified New York newspaper

Evening 'Ring' Ends

Gertrude Rünger substituted for Kirsten Flagstad as Brünnhilde in Saturday night's performance of "Götterdämmerung," which brought to its conclusion the special evening "Ring" cycle. Appearing on short notice in a role obviously a weighty and taxing one for her, Mme. Rünger discharged her duties honorably, proving that she had both the knowledge of the traditions and the vocal reserve for a competent, if not a brilliant embodiment of the wronged and suffering former Valkyr. To her went the credit for saving the performance, since but for her readiness, a change of bill might have been necessary.

The Siegfried of the evening was Paul Althouse, inclined to a Lied-like lyricism whenever opportunity presented and physically somewhat dwarfed by the towering presence of the Hagen of Ludwig Holfmann and the still loftier Gunther of Julius Huehn. Mr. Hofmann's was the dominating personality of the evening, save for that the Artur Bodanzky in the pit, where the orchestra gave a generally superior if not an immaculate performance. Irene Jessner as Gutrune, Karin Branzell as Waltraute and Edward Habich as Alberich were the others engaged. The audience was one of capacity proportions.



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