Götterdämmerung

Concerning the Wagner cycle, the Götterdämmerung: Twilight of the Gods, is the final piece in the opera. It was the first of the pieces, premiering on Aug. 17, 1876 at the Bayreuth Festsphielaus.

Section{1.0 Prologue}
Prelude: Bacchic orchestral horns
Scene 1: Tagesgrauen (Dawn)
Scene 2: Siegfrieds Rheinhart (Siegfried’s Rhine Journey)

Section{1.1 Act 1}
Scene 1: Rhine
Scene 2: Blood-brotherhood oath “Heil, Siegfried, theurer Held!”
Scene 3: “Höre mit Sinn, was ich dir sage!”

Section{1.2 Act 2}
Prelude:
Scene 1: Morgenröthe (The Blush of Dawn)
Scene 2: ?
Scene 3: ?
Scene 4: “Helle Wehr, heilige Waffe!”
Scene 5: ?

Section{1.3 Act 3}
Prelude:
Scene 1: Rhinemaides sing to the sun of (Frau Sonne sendet lichte Strahlen”)
Scene 2: Siegfrieds Trauermusik (Siegfried’s Funeral March)
Scene 3: “Zurück vom Ring!”

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