Norbert Schmittberg

Oedipus the Tyrant. A tragedy by Sophocles translated by Friedrich Holderlin. Music by Carl Orff.

The Ring in Weimar enters its final round as a drama of hate, jealousy and betrayal. A dark e minor chord opens Richard Wagner's "Götterdämmerung" and creates a threatening atmosphere from the very first moment. The various leitmotifs and themes of the entire tetralogy are brought together in the "Götterdämmerung" to form a musical whole from which there is no escape