This was in part because the libretti of the four Ring operas had been written in reverse order, so that the book for Götterdämmerung was conceived more "traditionally" than that of Rheingold; still, the self-imposed strictures of the Gesamtkunstwerk had become relaxed.
Isto foi en parte porque os libretos das catro óperas do Anel foron escritos en orde inversa, polo que o texto de Götterdämmerung foi concibido máis "tradicional" que Rheingold; aínda así, as súas restricións autoimpostas do Gesamtkunstwerk relaxáranse.