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Hagen, left to keep watch, broods on his plot's success ("Hier sitz ich zur Wacht"), at end of Act 1, scene 2. Then transition into scene 3.
Levine and those superb Met players, plus a terrific Matti Salminen!
Matti Salminen as Hagen
music by Richard Wagner,
film production from 1991.
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Der Ring des Nibelungen, a famous production from Bayreuth 1976, recorded 1980. Gwyneth Jones as Brünnhilde, Fritz Hübner as Hagen. Conducted by Pierre Boulez, directed by Patrice Chéreau. Finale of Wagner's tetralogy.
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from 1991 film production of the complete opera. So this excerpt starts with end of the duet and finishes at start of first act, no concert ending.
Siegfried Jerusalem as Siegfried
Hilegard Behrens as Brünnhilde
Levine and those superb Met players
music by Richard Wagner
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www.opusarte.com / In the final part of Wagner's epic cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Siegfried's world descends into falsehood and betrayal before his cursed life is ended by a single spear. More info at: www.opusarte.com