Torsten Kerl som Siegfried. Foto Elisa Haberer

Torsten Kerl, Katarina Dalayman, Sophie Koch, Iain Paterson and Hans-Peter König is doing a good job as Siegfried, Brünhilde, Waltraute, Gunther and Hagen in Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner at Opera Bastille in Paris. Musically it sounds wonderful, conducted by Philippe Jordan. Very many beautifull details are heard from the orchestra.

Unfortunately the stage production is tiresome, too little action on stage, too many long periodes, where absolutely notthing is happening

. First in the last – 3rd act, it is like the inspiration has come to the regissør Günter Krämer. Quit interesting scenography ideas by Jürgen Bäckmann, especially the geat portal, which is being used also to project water – the Rhine river, and fire and in addition used as a see through to what is going on behind and in the water. Some of them repeated from the three Nibelungen performances before, Rheingold, Die Walkyre and Siegfried. The daily costumes by Falk Bauer are annoying, only in Götterdämmerung the costumes for the choire in second act, which first is in khaki and looking military, but when lights are coming on are changing to red with green details, and then having a folcloristic charm are showing a telented idea, but this is not in the way of designing costumes, it is because Falk Bauer has found some materials, who is giving this effect. The design of costumes are with folcloristic ideas, which you can see in all shops in this area around the Rhine river and in Austria
. Brünhildes two long dresses in white and or black are good, nut nothing extraordinary.

Christiane Libor as Gutrune and 3rd Norn, Nicole Piccolini as 1st Norn and Flosshilde and Daniele Sibdram as 2nd Norn and Wellgunde are doing good jobs, especially the prologue where the three Norns are weawing the rope  of knowledge and the threads of destiny were succesfull for the three  singers. This stage picture is too working very well and is beautiful. Their black dresses are nice, but is not telling any connection with the history. Only when they changes to white with long red gloves, to bee Rhine maidens, the costumes are being good effectfully.

Peter Sidhom is singing Alberich well, but is anonyme on stage.

For me this production of the Nibelungen Ring will only be remembered for a long time because of that it is musically succesfull.

Siegfrieds dødsmarsj. foto Elisa Haberer