<i>Götterdämmerung</i>

Götterdämmerung

<p><i><b><span><i lang="de">Götterdämmerung</i></span></b></i> (<small about="#mwt10" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw="{&quot;parts&quot;:[{&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;target&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;IPA-de&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;./Template:IPA-de&quot;},&quot;params&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;ˈɡœtɐˌdɛməʁʊŋ&quot;},&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;lang&quot;},&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;De-Götterdämmerung.ogg&quot;}},&quot;i&quot;:0}}]}">German:<span> </span></small><span class="IPA"><a href="/en/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German" class="wl">[ˈɡœtɐˌdɛməʁʊŋ]</a></span><span> </span><span class="nowrap" style="font-size:85%">(<span class="unicode haudio"><span class="fn"><span style="white-space:nowrap;margin-right:.25em;"><span><a href="/en/File:De-Götterdämmerung.ogg" title="About this sound" class="image wl"><img loading="lazy" alt="Loudspeaker.svg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" data-file-type="drawing" height="11" width="11" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/17px-Loudspeaker.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/22px-Loudspeaker.svg.png 2x"></a></span></span><a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/De-G%C3%B6tterd%C3%A4mmerung.ogg" resource="./Media:De-Götterdämmerung.ogg" title="De-G%C3%B6tterd%C3%A4mmerung.ogg" target="_blank">listen</a></span></span>)</span>; <i><b>Twilight of the Gods</b></i>),<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> <a href="/en/Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis" title="Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis" class="wl">WWV</a> 86D, is the last in <a href="/en/Richard_Wagner" title="Richard Wagner" class="wl">Richard Wagner</a>'s cycle of four <a href="/en/Epic_poetry" title="Epic poetry" class="wl">epic</a> <a href="/en/Music_drama" title="Music drama" class="mw-redirect wl">music dramas</a> titled <span><i lang="de"><a href="/en/Der_Ring_des_Nibelungen" title="Der Ring des Nibelungen" class="wl">Der Ring des Nibelungen</a></i></span> (<i>The Ring of the Nibelung</i>, or <i>The Ring Cycle</i> or <i>The Ring</i> for short). It received its premiere at the <span><span style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/en/Bayreuth_Festspielhaus" title="Bayreuth Festspielhaus" class="wl">Bayreuth Festspielhaus</a></span></span> on 17 August 1876, as part of the first complete performance of the whole work.</p>

<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt1">1876 opera by Richard Wagner</div>
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<p>The title is a translation into German of the <a href="/en/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse" class="wl">Old Norse</a> phrase <i><span><i lang="non"><a href="/en/Ragnarök" title="Ragnarök" class="wl">Ragnarök</a></i></span></i>, which in <a href="/en/Norse_mythology" title="Norse mythology" class="wl">Norse mythology</a> refers to a prophesied war among various beings and gods that ultimately results in the burning, immersion in water, and renewal of the world. As with the rest of the <i>Ring</i>, however, Wagner's account diverges significantly from these Old Norse sources.</p>



Götterdämmerung ; Twilight of the Gods), WWV 86D, is the last in Richard Wagner's cycle of four epic music dramas titled Der Ring des Nibelungen . It received its premiere at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 17 August 1876, as part of the first complete performance of the whole work. The title is a translation into German of the Old Norse phrase Ragnarök, which in Norse mythology refers to a prophesied war among various beings and gods that ultimately results in the burning, immersion in water, and renewal of the world. As with the rest of the Ring, however, Wagner's account diverges significantly from these Old Norse sources. 