Siegfried

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Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille120 rue de Lyon, Paris, Île-de-France, 75012, France

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Performers

Opéra national de Paris
Philippe Jordan	Conductor
Günter Krämer	Director
Torsten Kerl	Tenor	Siegfried
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke	Tenor	Mime
Egils Siliņš	Bass-baritone	Der Wanderer
Peter Sidhom	Baritone	Alberich
Robert Lloyd	Bass-baritone	Fafner
Qiu Lin Zhang	Contralto	Erda
Janice Baird	Soprano	Brünnhilde	2013 Mar 21, 29, Apr 07 mat, 15
Elena Tsallagova	Soprano	Waldvogel (the woodbird)
Alwyn Mellor	Soprano	Brünnhilde	2013 Mar 25, Apr 03, 11

A positive and dazzling work, the second day of the “Ring” presents us with the hero: an unruly kid, a bear-tamer and dragon-killer in his turbulent youth, until the moment he discovers love. Torsten Kerl embodies Siegfried, “the authentic man”, conducted by Philippe Jordan.Performed in German.

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David Karlin, 23rd March

For those who view Wagner’s Ring Cycle in symphonic terms, Siegfried is often described as the third movement Scherzo: an episode of comedy in between the existential musings of Die Walküre and the action-packed, apocalyptic Götterdämerung. Last night’s performance at the Opéra Bastille in Paris gave us plenty of high comedy and much more besides.

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