Gutrune

Summary

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. 1#9.19 Twilight of the Gods, or from repetition to liberation (part 2)14 Apr 2021 · 12:09
2. 2#9.18 Twilight of the Gods, or from repetition to liberation3 Apr 2021 · 1:33:09
3. 3#9.18 Twilight of the Gods, or from repetition to liberation3 Apr 2021 · 1:49:39
4. 4#2.6 Between crisis and war: philosophising?1 Aug 2017 · 1:27:02
5. 5Hesitation fascinated by hearing and by sight: Siegfried and 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.