Gutrune

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani discusses Gutrune in connection with Wagner's Götterdämmerung, which he examines mainly in two sessions in April 2021. He places her within the plot: Gunther's sister, still without a husband, she marries Siegfried thanks to the potion1. He notes that in Chéreau's staging she wears bourgeois clothing2. He also points out that her name means "the good runes"3. In 2017, he compares her to the daughters of Minos, who fell in love with Theseus: like them, she loves Siegfried before she has even seen him4. In 2022, in a session that sets Siegfried alongside Perceval, he mentions her again as the woman Siegfried will meet in Götterdämmerung, and because of whom he will forget the Valkyrie5. In these passages, Gutrune serves mainly as a reference point in the plot and as a figure of love felt from a distance; he does not analyse her at greater length.

1. 19 #19 Le Crépuscule des dieux ou de la répétition à la libération • Partie 214 Apr 2021 · 12:09
2. 29 #18 Le Crépuscule des dieux ou de la répétition à la libération3 Apr 2021 · 1:33:09
3. 39 #18 Le Crépuscule des dieux ou de la répétition à la libération3 Apr 2021 · 1:49:39
4. 4#2.6 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?1 Aug 2017 · 1:27:02
5. 5L’hésitation fascinée par l’ouÏe et par la vue : Siegfried et Perceval12 Dec 2022 · 1:55:48

Summary produced automatically from 5 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.