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A gritty Siegfried continues the San Francisco Opera Ring

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“Where Theorin astonished, though, was the honeyed, floating sound she spun”
Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 22 June 2018
Wagner, Siegfried
San Francisco Opera
Sir Donald Runnicles, Conductor
Francesca Zambello, Director
Michael Yeargan, Set Designer
Catherine Zuber, Costume Designer
Daniel Brenna, Siegfried
Iréne Theorin, Brünnhilde
Greer Grimsley, Der Wanderer
David Cangelosi, Mime
Falk Struckmann, Alberich
Raymond Aceto, Fafner
Ronnita Miller, Erda
Stacey Tappan, Waldvogel (the woodbird)
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