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Acts 1 and 2

Live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Donald Macleod presents a performance of Acts 1 and 2 of the third of Wagner's Ring dramas, Siegfried.

Wagner's Siegfried
Live from The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Presented by Donald Macleod

In the third of the Ring dramas, live from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the cunning dwarf, Mime, tries to manipulate the young hero, Siegfried, into stealing the magic ring from the dragon, Fafner, with the sword Nothung. But his plans go awry and Siegfried takes the ring for himself and goes on to awaken the Valkyrie, Brunnhilde, who is surrounded by a ring of fire.

Donald Macleod is joined by Wagner expert John Deathridge

Mime.....Gerhard Siegel (Tenor)
Siegfried.....Stefan Vinke (Tenor)
Wanderer (Wotan)..... Bryn Terfel (Bass-Baritone)
Alberich.....Wolfgang Koch (Baritone)
Fafner.....Eric Halfvarson (Bass)
Woodbird.....Sophie Bevan (Soprano)
Erda.....Maria Radner (Contralto)
Br眉nnhilde.....Susan Bullock (Soprano)
The Orchestra of The Royal Opera House
Conductor, Antonio Pappano

*1500 Act 1

*1625 Interval

*1655 Act 2.

3 hours, 30 minutes

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Sun 21 Oct 2012 14:45

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