Siegfried - De Nationale Opera
This is the Ring cycle of the Dutch National Opera, directed by Pierre Audi. Alberich's brother Mime raises the orphan Siegfried, hoping that Siegfried will kill Fafner and enable Mime to gain the ring. Mime attempts unsuccessfully to reforge the Nothung. Fulfilling prophecy, Siegfried reforges the sword himself and kills Fafner, who has the form of a dragon. When he accidentally tastes the dragon's blood spilt on his hands, Siegfried understands the song of a woodbird, who instructs him to take the Ring from Fafner. Reading Mime's thoughts of betrayal, Siegfried kills the dwarf as well. The woodbird also informs Siegfried of a mysterious woman asleep in the midst of fire, and Siegfried sets off to find her. After defeating a disguised Wotan and breaking his spear, Siegfried successfully awakes Brünnhilde, and the two fall in love.
Cast
Stig Fogh Andersen
as Siegfried
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
as Mime
Thomas Johannes Mayer
as Der Wanderer
Werner Van Mechelen
as Alberich
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
as Fafner
Marina Prudenskaja
as Erda
Catherine Foster
as Brünnhilde
Juls Serger
as Waldvogel
Hartmut Haenchen
as
