3rd February

Concert will begin at 16:04 hours GMT

Wagner's 'Siegfried' with O'Neill, Hoare, Volle, Romberger and Kampe from Munich

Wagner's 'Siegfried' is the third of the four music dramas that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen. A cave in rocks in the forest.  Alberich's brother, the dwarf Mime, is forging a sword. Mime is plotting to obtain the powerful ring originally created by his brother Alberich for himself. He has raised the human boy Siegfried as a foster child, to kill Fafner, who obtained the ring and other treasures in the opera Das Rheingold and has since transformed himself from a giant to a dragon. Performers:

Siegfried: Simon O'Neill.
Mime: Peter Hoare.
Der Wanderer: Michael Volle.
Alberich: Georg Nigl.
Fafner: Franz-Josef Selig.
Erda: Gerhild Romberger.
Brünnhilde: Anja Kampe.

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Simon Rattle.

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