The Atlanta Opera: Wagner's Götterdämmerung
6:00 pm - 11:45pm
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center
Chamber/Instrumental, Choral/Vocal
$40-267
Twilight of the Gods
May 2026
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
Composer & Librettist: Richard Wagner
Premiere Performance: Aug 17 1876—Bayreuth, Germany, Bayreuth Festspielhaus
Staggeringly intense.
The ultimate triumph.
Monumental.
Unmissable.
The epic struggle between good and evil reaches its climactic conclusion in Richard Wagner’s Twilight of the Gods (Götterdämmerung), as the battle for the ring of power brings about the destruction of the gods’ world. Devoted love is torn apart by manipulation, and the final reckoning unfolds in a cataclysm of fire and water. In the operatic repertoire, few works rival the grandeur and emotional intensity of Wagner’s masterpiece. This new production of the monumental finale to the RING cycle offers operagoers an unforgettable experience when witnessed live.
Warning: This production includes the use of haze and fire effects.
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Date + Times
approximately 5 hours and 55 minutes
first intermission - 35 minutes
second intermission - 25 minutes
Sung in German with English supertitles.
Questions about the performance? Contact us at info@atlantaopera.org
Cast + Creative
Cast
Siegfried
Gunther
Hagen
Brünnhilde
Waltraute / First Norn
Second Norn
Third Norn
Gutrune
Alberich
Woglinde
Wellgunde
Flosshilde
Second Vassal
Studio Artist
Creative
Conductor
Stage Director
Associate Director
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Live Action Director
Assistant Conductor
Scenic & Projection Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Wig & Makeup Designer
Projection Programmer
Creators
Richard Wagner
Composer and Librettist
Richard Wagner molded opera according to his own creative definition with revolutionary zeal. Consequently, his innovations in melodic structure, harmony, characterization and orchestration have inspired awe among audiences and music professionals alike for over a century. Impressionist and expressionist composers have spent most of this century struggling to overcome his influence, rebelling against him. Wagner was a man who lived in capital letters and bold print, a study in superlatives: huge creative canvases, legendary feuds and hatreds, gigantic depressions and losses, enormous successes, and passionate romantic liaisons. His music represents the dynamic and incandescent final flowering of romanticism.
Event Map
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center
2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy
Atlanta, GA
