Viennese premiere casts of Götterdämmerung

Last performance of the Vienna State Opera before the bombing in 1945

The Viennese premiere casts of Götterdämmerung list all participants in the new productions of Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung that have taken place at the Vienna State Opera since its first performance in Vienna in 1879 .

background

Although the Vienna State Opera failed in 1862/63 when attempting the world premiere of Tristan und Isolde , traditionally significantly more Richard Wagner performances take place each year in Vienna than in Berlin, Bayreuth, Dresden, Hamburg or Munich. This is due on the one hand to the interest of the Viennese public, on the other hand to the repertoire system of the State Opera, which makes it possible to keep all ten main works by the composer ready to play.

Traditionally, there is considerable overlap between the Viennese and Bayreuth casts , as the ensemble of the Vienna State Opera had a number of singers who were essential for Richard Wagner's first performance of the Ring des Nibelungen . In the 20th and 21st centuries, the overlap can be explained by the fact that both the Bayreuth Festival and the Vienna State Opera endeavor to hire the best cast in the world. There is no direct competition as the Vienna State Opera is closed during the Bayreuth Festival season (in July and August).

The last performance of the Vienna State Opera during the Nazi regime and before it was destroyed by an air raid was Götterdämmerung on June 30, 1944. Hans Knappertsbusch conducted it .

In the sixth column the number of performances of the respective production is given. For the first performance in 1879, neither a director nor a director is specified.

The premiere cast

Hagen Gunther Alberich	Siegfried	Brünnhilde Waltraute Gutrune	First norn, second norn, third norn	Flosshilde Wellgunde Woglinde
First performance , February 14, 1879, conductor: Hans Richter , set design: Carlo Brioschi , Hermann Burghart , Johann Kautsky
Hans Rokitansky Louis by Bignio Johann Nepomuk Beck	Ferdinand Jäger	Amalie Materna-Friedrich Amalie Stahl Bertha von Dillner		Louise Kaulich-Lazarich Auguste Kraus Hermine von Siegstädt	105
Wilhelm von Wymetal , November 21, 1910, conductor: Felix von Weingartner , set design: Alfred Roller , Anton Brioschi
Richard Mayr Friedrich Weidemann Alexander Haydter	Erik Schmedes	Anna Mildenburg Mme. Charles Cahier Marie Gutheil-Schoder	Hermione Kittel Bella Paalen Elise Elizza	Hermine Kittel Jenny Pohlner Berta Kiurina-Leuer	67
Lothar Wallerstein , October 11, 1931, conductor: Clemens Krauss , set design: Alfred Roller , Robert Kautsky
Josef von Manowarda Emil Schipper Hermann Wiedemann	Josef Kalenberg	Henny Trundt rosette Anday Margit Angerer	Enid Szántho rosette Anday Gertrude Rünger	Enid Szántho Eva Hadrabová Marie Gerhart	49
Herbert von Karajan , June 12, 1960, conductor: Herbert von Karajan , set designer: Emil Preetorius
Gottlob Frick Hermann Uhde Alois Pernerstorfer	Wolfgang Windgassen	Birgit Nilsson Rita Gorr Gré Brouwenstijn	Ursula Boese Christa Ludwig Gerda Scheyrer	Hilde Rössel-Majdan Margareta Sjöstedt Wilma Lipp	31
Adolf Dresen , May 17, 1993, conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi , set design: Herbert Kapplmüller
Kurt Rydl Monte Pederson Oskar Hillebrandt	Wolfgang Schmidt	Hildegard Behrens Uta Priew Julia Faulkner	Jadwiga Rappé Lioba Braun Carla Pohl	Margareta Hintermeier Gabriele Sima Gabriele Fontana	26th
Sven-Eric Bechtolf , December 8th, 2008, conductor: Franz Welser-Möst , set designer: Rolf Glittenberg , Marianne Glittenberg
Eric Halfvarson Boaz Daniel Tomasz Konieczny	Stephen Gould	Eva Johansson Mihoko Fujimura Caroline Wenborne	Zoryana Kushpler Elisabeth Kulman Caroline Wenborne	Juliette Mars Michaela Selinger Ileana Tonca	17th

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• Götterdämmerung program booklet , Vienna State Opera December 8, 2008
• Performance statistics of the Vienna State Opera , accessed on June 8, 2015 (incomplete until 1945)