Perhaps she was pacing herself for the final "Immolation Scene," to which she brought a disarming blend of lyrical poignancy and fearless power.

Immolation Scene for voice and tape (1983) (Finnadar Records)

At the end, the Immolation Scene, the gods are gone.

Brünnhilde makes her entrance and takes charge of events (the Immolation Scene).

Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene (Act 3) as a soprano solo with orchestra (Hagen's single line is omitted).

Before that comes one of her set pieces, the Immolation Scene which ends Wagner's Ring cycle.

Her singing was impassioned, her diction incisive and her energy unfailing, right through the final Immolation Scene.

There is even an episode called "The Immolation Scene," an overt reference to Wagner's "Götterdämmerung."

But on this night, for the first time in public, she sang some of Brünnhilde's music: the long and demanding Immolation Scene in "Götterdämmerung."

The concert closed with the Immolation Scene from Götterdämmerung.