Wagner: Siegfried / Sir Simon Rattle
Wagner
Adventure comedy in the enchanted forest
For an epic work like Wagner’s »Siegfried« you need an epic line-up. So it’s good that Sir Simon Rattle and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra have the perfect cast of singers at their side. Is there anything that could get the hearts of Wagner fans beating faster than names such as Simon O’Neill, Anja Kampe and Michael Volle?
In Georg Nigl, Peter Hoare and Franz-Josef Selig, three other leading character singers also feature. The third part of the »Ring des Nibelungen« cycle is a blend of comedy and fairy-tale in which young Siegfried is itching to get away from his beastly foster father Mime. With the freshly repaired sword Notung in his hand, he storms out into the forest in order to learn fear from Fafner the dragon. But instead, he learns the language of the animals, and new, far more exciting adventures take their course…
Performers
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Simon O’Neill Siegfried
Peter Hoare Mime
Michael Volle The Wanderer
Georg Nigl Alberich
Franz-Josef Selig Fafner
Gerhild Romberger Erda
Anja Kampe Brünnhilde
Danae Kontora Woodbird
conductor Sir Simon Rattle
Programme
Richard Wagner
Siegfried WWV 86C
Konzertante Aufführung
The concert takes place with two intermissions.
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