Siegfried (Der Ring des Nibelungen)
Performances
Opera
Siegfried (Der Ring des Nibelungen)
Richard Wagner
From 6 to 21 June 2025
4 hours and 55 minutes circa intermissions included | |
Second day, in three acts Libretto by Richard Wagner Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Teatro alla Scala New Production
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Conductor | CHRISTIAN THIELEMANN |
Conductor (21 June) | MICHAEL GÜTTLER |
Staging | DAVID MCVICAR |
Sets | DAVID MCVICAR E HANNAH POSTLETHWAITE |
Costumes | EMMA KINGSBURY |
Lights | DAVID FINN |
Videos and projections | KATY TUCKER |
Choreography | GARETH MOLE |
Master martial arts / circus performance | DAVID GREEVES |
Cast
Siegfried | Klaus Florian Vogt |
Mime | Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke |
Der Wanderer / Wotan | Michael Volle |
Alberich | Ólafur Sigurdarson |
Fafner | Ain Anger |
Erda | Christa Mayer |
Brünnhilde | Camilla Nylund |
In brief
Christian Thielemann conducts the third episode of the Tetralogy, which introduces the character Siegfried, the child of the siblings Siegmund and Sieglinde raised in the cave of the treacherous Mime and destined to reforge the sword Nothung to slay the dragon Fafner, custodian of the treasure, before freeing Brünnhilde from the ring of enchanted fire. A youth who knows no fear is the protagonist of a fairy-tale interweave charged with the spirit of nature and filled with obstacles to overcome before he finally reaches the Valkyrie who sacrifices her divine status to be with him.