Siegfried - De Nationale Opera
Overview
This is the Ring cycle of the Dutch National Opera, directed by Pierre Audi. Alberich's brother Mime raises the orphan Siegfried, hoping that Siegfried will kill Fafner and enable Mime to gain the ring. Mime attempts unsuccessfully to reforge the Nothung. Fulfilling prophecy, Siegfried reforges the sword himself and kills Fafner, who has the form of a dragon. When he accidentally tastes the dragon's blood spilt on his hands, Siegfried understands the song of a woodbird, who instructs him to take the Ring from Fafner. Reading Mime's thoughts of betrayal, Siegfried kills the dwarf as well. The woodbird also informs Siegfried of a mysterious woman asleep in the midst of fire, and Siegfried sets off to find her. After defeating a disguised Wotan and breaking his spear, Siegfried successfully awakes Brünnhilde, and the two fall in love.
Director
Pierre Audi
Top Cast
Stig Fogh Andersen
Siegfried
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Mime
Thomas Johannes Mayer
Der Wanderer
Werner Van Mechelen
Alberich
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Fafner
Marina Prudenskaja
Erda
Catherine Foster
Brünnhilde
Juls Serger
Waldvogel
Hartmut Haenchen
