03/06/2026
With performances on 14 May 2026 in Dresden, 24 May in Bayreuth, and 26 May in Hamburg, Kent Nagano continued the tour of Richard Wagner’s Götterdämmerung together with the Dresdner Festspielorchester and Concerto Köln as part of The Wagner Cycles. Developed in collaboration with the Dresden Music Festival and Concerto Köln, the project marked the culmination of a multi-year undertaking dedicated to historically informed performances of Wagner’s Ring des Nibelungen.
Together with the Dresdner Festspielorchester, Concerto Köln, and the Dresdner Festspielchor, Nagano presented a performance based on extensive historical and musicological research. The concept incorporated, among other elements, narrower-bore woodwind instruments, gut strings, and a reduced use of vibrato. The solo cast featured Åsa Jäger (Brünnhilde), Young Woo Kim (Siegfried), Patrick Zielke (Hagen), Sophia Brommer (Gutrune), and Olivia Vermeulen (Waltraute).
📯 Further performances of Richard Wagner’s Götterdämmerung as part of The Wagner Cycles are scheduled for 4 June in Cologne, 31 July in Ravello, 10 September in Lucerne, and 13 September in Paris.
Dresdner Festspielchor der Richard-Wagner-Akademie
Chor der KlangVerwaltung
📸 Carolin Windel
