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G?tterd?mmerung
Ring Cycle [24]
Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Thu, February 5, 1903 Matinee





G?tterd?mmerung (44)
Richard Wagner | Richard Wagner
Br?nnhilde
Lillian Nordica

Siegfried
Alois Burgstaller

Gunther
Adolph M?hlmann

Gutrune
Luise Reuss-Belce

Hagen
Robert Blass

Waltraute/Flosshilde
Louise Homer

Alberich
David Bispham

Woglinde
Fritzi Scheff

Wellgunde
Carrie Bridewell


Conductor
Alfred Hertz






The scene with the three norns in the Prologue was omitted.

Review 1:

Review in a Philadelphia newspaper

'DIE G?TTERD?MMERUNG CONCLUDES THE CYCLE

Burgstaller and Nordica in a Fine Performance of Wagner's Drama.

The fine presentation of the "Nibehungen" cycle at the Academy of Music had its culmination yesterday afternoon in "G?tterd?mmerung," the very splendid and stirring drama of the adventures and the death of Siegfried which is the climax and the cause of the whole gigantic work. The performance was equally strong and clear with those that have preceded it and deepened the impression that has been made by all the forces engaged and especially by Mr. Hertz, who has directed the whole series with a firm intelligence, an artistic perception and a mastery of musical effect that command the highest admiration.

Burgstaller, as the more mature hero of this drama, fulfilled the expectations of his younger Siegfried. If a bit less buoyant, he was a not less engaging figure, full of enthusiasm and sentiment and he sang the music with uncommon feeling and significance. The [beginning] duet with Br?nnhilde was most brilliant and he carried through the long part with an unfailing sense of its dramatic purpose and its lyrical expression. His delivery of Siegfried's narrative was poetical and beautiful and the whole effect of his work was sympathetic and satisfying.

Associated with him was Madame Nordica, whose noble Br?nnhilde is now without a rival on the stage and who dissipated any fears that might have been aroused last week as to the enduring richness of her voice. In every way she gives to this fine role the utmost dignity and beauty. The other singers were not individually remarkable, but they gave a sufficiently strong and firm support to the two leading figures and the effect of the ensemble was large and noble.

The great orchestral scenes were very imposing. The Rhine journey was played with uncommon charm and to the funeral march Hertz gives most stirring accentuation. The last grand climax, the culmination of Wagner's vast orchestral imagination, was developed with an effect that could not but leave a lasting impression upon the audience that filled the house and had followed the performance for more than four hours with increasing interest.



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