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Siegfried as Swedish Midsummer Vigil in the Stockholm Ring

By John Johnston, 29 May 2017
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“John Lundgren, as Wotan/Wanderer, was of rock-like strength and majesty”
Reviewed at Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm on 27 May 2017
Programme
Wagner, Siegfried
Performers
Royal Swedish Opera
Marko Letonja, Conductor
Staffan Valdemar Holm, Director
Bente Lykke Møller, Costume Designer
Daniel Frank, Siegfried
Niklas Björling Rygert, Mime
John Lundgren, Der Wanderer
Johan Edholm, Alberich
Lennart Forsén, Fafner
Katarina Leoson, Erda
Nina Stemme, Brünnhilde
Marianne Hellgren Staykov, Waldvogel (the woodbird)
Royal Swedish Orchestra
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John Johnston
John Johnston

John Johnston was a contributor to Bachtrack 2017-19. John was a true gentleman and lifelong opera "nut" who frequently travelled across Europe to catch performances, making regular pilgrimages to the Bayreuth Festival among others. His supreme knowledge and appreciation of voices meant he took to reviewing like the proverbial duck to water. We enjoyed his style and his insatiable appetite for catching rare operas and new productions wherever he could.