Recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival in 2008, this production is the fourth part of Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle. Christian Thielemann, one of the most sought-after conductors in the world, takes the baton with the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra.

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“ ... there is no doubt that this year's Ring at Bayreuth belongs to... Thielemann... [who] creates a musical experience epic in its scale and inexorable in its apocalyptic, shattering power.” The Guardian

Siegfried: Stephen Gould

Gunther: Ralf Lukas

lberich: Andrew Shore

Hagen: Hans-Peter König

Brünnhilde: Linda Watson

Gutrune: Edith Haller

Waltraute: Christa Mayer

1. Norn: Simone Schröder

2. Norn: Martina Dike

3. Norn: Edith Haller

Woglinde: Fionnuala McCarthy

Wellgunde: Ulrike Helzel

Floßhilde: Simone Schröder

Bayreuther Festspiele Chorus

Bayreuther Festspiele Orchestra

Conductor: Christian Thielemann

Director: Tankred Dorst

Recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival, Germany, in 2008.

“At the end of a Ring cycle at Bayreuth, it is traditional that first the chorus and then the orchestra fill the stage and are greeted with round after round of applause. Rightly, for they and the marvellous acoustics form Wagner’s greatest treasure here. … With Christian Thielemann conducting this is indeed a triumph.”The Stage