The Ring Cycle: Siegfried
8.6
SECOND DAY OF THE RING CYCLE. 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. Filmed at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus in June & July 1992.
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Cast
9 people
John Tomlinson
Der Wanderer / Wotan
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Amadeus
The Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold
Daniel Barenboim
Conductor
Siegfried Jerusalem
Siegfried
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The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
Götterdämmerung
Anne Evans
Brünnhilde
Also in
The Ring Cycle: Die Walkure
The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
Graham Clark
Mime
Also in
Der fliegende Holländer
The Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold
Birgitta Svendén
Erda
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Siegfried
The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
Günter von Kannen
Alberich
Also in
The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
The Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold
Philip Kang
Fafner
Also in
The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
The Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold
Hilde Leidland
Waldvogel
Also in
The Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold
The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
Horant H. Hohlfeld Director · Richard Wagner Writer
First release July 3, 1991 · Produced in Germany · Original title Der Ring des Nibelungen: Siegfried
Production
Bayreuther Festspiele
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Der Ring des Nibelungen: Siegfried
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · July 3, 1991
Premiere · Live performance
No release date listed for United States.
United Kingdom
July 3, 1992 · Theatrical
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