04/20/13 – Siegfried – NOON
Metropolitan Opera
Die Walküre by Richard Wagner
Libretto by Richard Wagner
Sung in German
Approximate running time: 5 hrs. 6 min., 2 intermissions.
Robert Lepage’s landmark production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen is back for three complete cycles in spring 2013, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Jay Hunter Morris reprises his acclaimed portrayal of the title hero in the epic’s third installment, sharing the role with Lars Cleveman. Deborah Voigt and Katarina Dalayman alternate as Brünnhilde, Mark Delavan and Greer Grimsley are the Wanderer, and Eric Owens and Richard Paul Fink share Alberich, with Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi on the podium.
Cast/Crew
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Brünnhilde: Deborah Voigt
Erda: Meredith Arwady
Siegfried: Jay Hunter Morris
Mime: Gerhard Siegel
Wanderer: Mark Delavan
Alberich: Eric Owens
Production: Robert Lepage
Associate Director: Neilson Vignola
Set Designer: Carl Fillion
Costume Designer: François St-Aubin
Lighting Designer: Etienne Boucher
Video Image Artist: Pedro Pires
Photo credits: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera