There they sit and spin, seemingly trivial, on threads. It is about three ladies who are not concerned with wool in a knitting course but hold the fate threads of humanity in their hands. "Do you know how this will be?" A banal, but world-wise question stands relatively at the beginning of Richard Wagner's monumental fourth part of his "Ring" tetralogy, "Götterdämmerung."

Now, a new "Ring" is always a special theater event. At the theater in Dortmund, they have entrusted the directorial work to a seasoned veteran: Peter Konwitschny, who has made a name for himself with many, and not least, provocative productions.