The third opera of Barrie Kosky’s Ring cycle again places the naked ancient earth goddess centre stage in a thoughtful and deft production that boasts an excellent cast and orchestral playing that cap ...
When the joyful energy at the final curtain - love briefly triumphant in the power-dominated world of Wagner's Ring - is as ...
Siegfried at Royal Opera: A spectacular triumph - 4/5 The latest part of Wagner’s Ring cycle at Royal Opera is remarkably ...
The Austrian tenor is making his Royal Opera debut as Siegfried in the third instalment of of the Ring Cycle. He explains why operetta prepared him for the opera’s epic demands, and why Wagner’s louti ...
In designer Rufus Didwiszus’s sets, Fafner’s lair is strangely buried in midwinter snow (why should Siegfried want to relax under the lime tree in a snowdrift?). Conversely, Brünnhilde’s rock is ...
Those attending Saturday’s Metropolitan Opera HD Broadcast of “Siegfried,” featuring Jay Hunter Morris in his first Met performances of the title role (considered as one of the most challenging in the ...
Call it “Siegfried” and chill, or maybe bingeable Wagner. The Atlanta Opera’s upcoming production of “Siegfried” is the third opera in Robert Wagner’s four-opera “Der Ring des Nibelungen” cycle. A ...
Andreas Schager, in his much-anticipated debut with The Royal Opera, stars as Siegfried ’s titular hero, alongside ...
It is not unusual to feel in the very depths of Der Ring des Nibelungen upon reaching Siegfried, but in Keith Warner’s staging for the Royal Opera, currently enjoying its place in the second revival ...
The third work of Wagner’s cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen (the Ring of Nibelung), returned to the Metropolitan Opera’s stage for its season premiere last Saturday. Soprano Deborah Voigt and tenor Jay ...
Siegfried is the third of the four music dramas that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner. It premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on August 16, 1876, as ...
Can a startling production with a mostly charismatic cast succeed when the lead performer doesn’t summon quite the vocal firepower required? Apparently so in the case of “Siegfried,” the third work in ...