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A gritty Siegfried continues the San Francisco Opera Ring

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 23 June 2018
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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
Programme
Wagner, Siegfried
Performers
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)
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
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Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Ilana Walder-Biesanz is a product manager for Yahoo, a theatre and opera critic, and a classically trained mezzo-soprano. She explored theater and opera stagings as a Gates Scholar at Cambridge and as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. She currently writes for Bachtrack, San Francisco Classical Voice, and Stark Insider. Twitter: @ilana_wb.