vocal soloists, mixed chorus, orchestra
- Cast
- Siegfried: tenor
Brünnhilde: soprano
Gunther: baritone
Gutrune: soprano
Hagen: bass
Alberich: baritone
Waltraute: mezzo-soprano
First Norn: contralto
Second Norn: mezzo-soprano
Third Norn: soprano
Woglinde: soprano
Wellgunde: soprano or mezzo-soprano
Flosshilde: mezzo-soprano
- Chorus
- Vassals: tenors and basses
Ladies: sopranos
- Orchestra
- piccolo, 3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 3 oboes, English horn (also oboe)
- 3 clarinets (B flat , A), bass clarinet (B flat , A), 3 bassoons*
- 8 horns (4 also Wagner Tubas in B flat ), 3 trumpets, bass trumpet,
- 3 trombones, contrabass trombone (also bass trombone), tuba
- timpani, snare drum triangle, cymbals, tamtam, glockenspiel,
6 harps, strings (16, 16, 12, 12, 8)
- *3rd bassoon can alternate on contrabassoon if needed for required low A passages
found in the regular 3rd bassoon part