Starke Charaktere im konzertanten Siegfried unter Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Ya-Chung Huang, Yannick Nézet-Séguin und Clay Hilley

Siegfried

By Christoph Wurzel, 28 April 2026

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Reviewed at Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden on 26 April 2026

Wagner, Siegfried

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Clay Hilley, Siegfried

Ya-Chung Huang, Mime

Brian Mulligan, Der Wanderer

Rebecca Nash, Brünnhilde

Samuel Youn, Alberich

Soloman Howard, Fafner

Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Erda

Julie Roset, Waldvogel (the woodbird)

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Christoph Wurzel

Nach dem Studium der Germanistik, Politikwissenschaft, Philosophie und Musikwissenschaft war Christoph Wurzel lange im pädagogischen Bereich tätig. Er interessiert sich besonders für die gesellschaftlich relevanten Aspekte der Musik. Er lebt in Baden – Baden und schreibt für verschiedene Magazine in Deutschland.