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The legendary Bayreuth Centenary production of Wagner's Ring is distinguished by Patrice Chéreau's once-shocking production, which has acquired the status of the most trenchant modern interpretation of the cycle. Götterdämmerung is the fourth and final Ring opera. Brünnhilde now has the Ring, given to her by the hero Siegfried. But the evil Hagen dupes Siegfried into betraying his love for Brünnhilde, and the Ring is returned to Siegfried. On the banks of the Rhine, Hagen murders Siegfried. A distraught Brünnhilde takes the Ring from her dead lover and rides into her funeral pyre. Hagen snatches the Ring but is drowned in the flooding Rhine, and the Ring is returned to the river. Meanwhile, Valhalla burns, marking the end of the reign of the gods. Pierre Boulez's penetrating interpretation supports a cast led by the powerful Siegfried of Manfred Jung and Gwyneth Jones's magnificent Brünnhilde. Cast: Jeannine Altmeyer: Gutrune Hermann Becht: Alberich Katie Clarke: 3rd Norn Fritz Hübner: Hagen Gwyneth Jones: Brünnhilde Manfred Jung: Siegfried Gwendolyn Killebrew: Waltraute Franz Mazura: Gunther Marga Schiml: Flosshilde Gabriele Schnaut: 2nd Norn Norma Sharp: Wellgunde Ortrun Wenkel: 1st Norn The Bayreuth Festival Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez