Le Crépuscule des dieux

Le Crépuscule des dieux , known originally in Germany as Gotterdämmerung, is a musical drama in a prologue, three acts, and seven tableaux written as the third act and third day of L’Anneau du Nibelung. Richard Wagner created its libretto and score, and it had its world premiere at Bayreuth on 17 August 1876 in the complete framework of all four days of Wagner’s composition. It was given subsequently at London (1882), New York (1888), and Brussels (1901) before it was heard in Paris for the…