Wagner: Siegfried (2-DVD) – Andreas Schager, Anja Kampe
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Wagner: Siegfried (2-DVD) – Andreas Schager, Anja Kampe
Composer: Richard Wagner
Artists: Andreas Schager, Stephan Rügamer, Michael Volle, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Peter Rose, Anna Kissjudit, Anja Kampe, Victoria Randem, Staatskapelle Berlin
Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Director: Dmitri Tcherniakov
Video Format: NTSC 16:9
Sound Format: PCM Stereo / DTS 5.1
Region: All Regions
Language: German
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Japanese
Number of Discs: 2
Studio: Unitel Edition
Release Date: July 5, 2024
Run Time: 251 minutes
Raising the curtain on a work of superlatives: the Staatsoper Unter den Linden presents the ultimate challenge for any opera house, Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen. Christian Thielemann conducts the Ring tetralogy, and Dmitri Tcherniakov, highly praised for his psychologically sophisticated productions, leads the playful all-star ensemble coherently through the panorama of characters, situations, and events that unfold like a universe and consistently interpret the sheer vastness and the manifold twists and turns of the Ring cosmos.
In Siegfried, the third part of his Ring tetralogy, Wagner incorporates fairy-tale motifs into his epic mythological story. It is the well-known tale of “The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn Fear.”
“Musically, this Ring blew away everything that had gone before – and we are talking about a performance history of more than one hundred years.” (Die Welt)
“Andreas Schager – a heroic tenor like the world is looking for.” (Berliner Morgenpost)
History
Siegfried
Siegfried, composed between 1858-1871, is Richard Wagner’s third installment of the Ring Cycle. The four operas in the series include
Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Siegfried and Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods).
It is the coming-of- age story of the ultimate hero and his role in the struggle for supreme power. The title role is especially daunting. He is portrayed as an impetuous teenager who knows no fear, and his vocal lines encompass a vast musical range—from heroic to reflective to tender and romantic.
This three-act epic is set in mythological times, when gods and other creatures contend for dominion over the earth.
Orphaned at birth, Siegfried learns his true identity and fulfills his destiny to repair the Nothung sword, kill the dragon and eventually jump through a circle of fire to become Brünnhilde’s savior and lover.
Siegfried’s role is one of the most difficult in opera for a tenor as he sings for almost four hours within a wide range of dynamics, from the heroic to the reflective to the romantic.
The Met’s production of Siegfried in its 2018–19 season featured minimal otherworldly landscapes with digital imagery to achieve a modern visual interpretation of the composer’s masterpiece.
It premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on August 16, 1876, as part of the first complete performance of The Ring Cycle.
The Met’s landmark production, directed by Robert Lepage, premiered over the course of the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons. The DVD release of its Live in HD presentation won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.
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