06/08/19 – Siegfried (Royal Opera) – 1pm
The Royal Opera House’s Siegfried
Title: Siegfried
The third opera in Richard Wagner’s epic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen revels in its depiction of heroism even as it sets up the cycle’s dramatic conclusion.
Hosts: Tom Service, Lisa Flynn
Broadcast Producer: BBC
WFMT Series Producer: Daniel Goldberg
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Cast (in order of vocal appearance):
Mime – Gerhard Siegel
Siegfried – Stefan Vinke
Wanderer (Wotan)–John Lundgren
Albreich – Johannes Martin Kränzle
Fafner – Brindley Sherratt
Woodbird – Heather Engebretson
Erda – Wiebke Lehmkuhl
Brunnhilde– Nina Stemme