Siegfried

Siegfried

228 mins | Music | Aug. 12, 1980

The third opera in Richard Wagner's epic Ring cycle, Siegfried follows the adventures of the son of demigods Siegmund and Sieglinde as he conquers his enemies and rescues the beauteous Brunnhilde with the help of his magic sword. This video preserves the controversial 1976 Bayreuth Centenary production, with Pierre Boulez leading the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Manfred Jung leads the cast as Siegfried, with Gwyneth Jones as Brunnhilde, Donald McIntyre as the Wanderer, and Hermann Becht as Alberich.

Siegfried

228 mins | Music | Aug. 12, 1980

Siegfried
The third opera in Richard Wagner's epic Ring cycle, Siegfried follows the adventures of the son of demigods Siegmund and Sieglinde as he conquers his enemies and rescues the beauteous Brunnhilde with the help of his magic sword. This video preserves the controversial 1976 Bayreuth Centenary production, with Pierre Boulez leading the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Manfred Jung leads the cast as Siegfried, with Gwyneth Jones as Brunnhilde, Donald McIntyre as the Wanderer, and Hermann Becht as Alberich.
Producers Unitel Classics, Deutsche Grammophon, Bayreuther Festspiele
Original title Siegfried
Directors Brian Large, Patrice Chéreau
Writers Richard Wagner

Cast

Pierre Boulez

as Conductor

Manfred Jung

as Siegfried

Heinz Zednik

as Mime

Gwyneth Jones

as Brünnhilde

Donald McIntyre

as Wanderer (Wotan)

Hermann Becht

as Alberich

Fritz Hübner

as Alberich

Ortrun Wenkel

as Erda