31st July

Concert will begin at 16:04 hours GMT

Wagner's 'Siegfried' with Vogt, Huang, Foster and Konieczny from Bayreuth

Bayreuth Festival. Wagner's 'Siegfried' is the third of the four operas that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). It received its premiere at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 16 August 1876, as part of the first complete performance of The Ring. This part of the opera is primarily inspired by the story of the legendary hero Sigurd in Norse mythology. Performers:

Siegfried: Klaus Florian Vogt.
Mime: Ya-Chung Huang.
Der Wanderer: Tomasz Konieczny.
Alberich: Ólafur Sigurdarson.
Fafner: Tobias Kehrer.
Erda: Okka von der Damerau.
Brünnhilde: Catherine Foster.
Waldvogel: Slávka Zámecníková.

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Simone Young.

Delayed broadcast.