Past Production Reviews
1Dieter Dorn and Jürgen Rose , in keeping with the exact continuity of the previous episodes, give Le Crépuscule a fairly traditional vision, very attentive, but wise and less developed than for the previous episodes. Only the palace of Gibichungs where King Gunther reigns with his sister Gutrune and his half-brother Hagen, son of Alberich and absolute traitor, comes naturally to mark a certain break in the subject: an immaculate white parallelepiped shelters the courtyard while masks of the ancient gods delimit the surroundings. The baritone Mark Stone plays a solid and very musical Gunther and Agneta Eichenholz , after Freia in L'Or du Rhin , a vocally pleasant Gutrune but with a little light means however. Polina Pastirchak , Carine Séchaye and Ahlima Mhamdi reunite with the Daughters of the Rhine, much more capable than in the first opus of the Tetralogy . The three Norns are absolutely impeccable and of a beautiful expressive power: Wiebke Lehmkuhl after having interpreted Erda and with deep bass, Roswitha Christina Müller , a well-timbred mezzo voice and Karen Foster with a radiant soprano. Georg Fritzsch further broadens and intensifies his musical direction for Le Crépuscule , notably during Siegfried's famous Voyage on the Rhine, which he translates with opulence and energy. The same goes for the final scene where he powerfully assists Petra Lang, a little reserved at first, then completely freeing herself, carried by an Orchester de la Suisse Romande which takes on all its colors. The Chœur du Grand Théâtre , directed by Alan Woodbridge , excels in rising to the challenges of this repertoire.
