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Richard Wagner, Siegfried, WWV 86C

I - Orchestral Prelude

I, 1 - "Zwangvolle Plage! Müh’ ohne Zweck!"

I, 1 - "Hoiho! Hoiho! Hau ein!"

I, 1 - "Als zullendes Kind zog ich dich auf"

I, 1 - "Jammernd verlangen Junge nach ihrer Alten Nest"

I, 1 - "Einst lag wimmernd ein Weib"

I, 2 - "Heil dir, weiser Schmied!"

I, 2 - "Fragen und Haupt hast du gelöst"

I, 2 - "Nun, ehrlicher Zwerg, sag mir zum ersten"

I, 3 - "Verfluchtes Licht!"

I, 3 - "Fühltest du nie im finstren Wald"

I, 3 - "Hättest du fleißig die Kunst gepflegt"

I, 3 - "Hoho! Hoho! Hohei! Schmiede, mein Hammer, ein hartes Schwert!"

I, 3 - "Notung! Notung! Neidliches Schwert! Zum Leben weckt' ich dich wieder"

II - Orchestral Prelude

II, 1 - "In Wald und Nacht vor Neidhöhl‘ halt‘ ich Wacht"

II, 1 - "Wer naht dort schimmernd im Schatten?"

II, 1 - "Ein Helde naht, den Hort zu befrein"

II, 1 - "Nun, Alberich, das schlug fehl."

II, 2 - "Wir sind zur Stelle! Bleib hier stehn!"

II, 2 - "Dass der mein Vater nicht ist" (Forest Murmurs)

II, 2 - Siegfried's Horn Call

II, 2 - "Haha! Da hätte mein Lied mir was Liebes erblasen!"

II, 2 - "Wer bist du, kühner Knabe, der das Herz mir traf?"

II, 2 - "Zur Kunde taugt kein Toter"

II, 3 - "Wohin schleichst du eilig und schlau, schlimmer Gesell?"

II, 3 - "Willkommen, Siegfried! Sag, du Kühner, hast du das Fürchten gelernt?"

II, 3 - "Neides Zoll zahlt Notung"

II, 3 - "Nun sing! Ich lausche dem Gesang"

III - Orchestral Prelude

III, 1 - "Wache, Wala! Wala! Erwach!"

III, 1 - "Stark ruft das Lied"

III, 1 - "Dir Unweisen ruf‘ ich ins Ohr"

III, 2 - "Dort seh ich Siegfried nahn"

III, 2 - "Was lachst du mich aus?"

III, 2 - "Bleibst du mir stumm, störrischer Wicht?"

III, 2 - Orchestral Interlude

III, 3 - "Selige Öde auf sonniger Höh’"

III, 3 - "Das ist kein Mann!"

III, 3 - Brünnhilde's Awakening - "Heil dir, Sonne!"

III, 3 - "Dort seh' ich Grane"

III, 3 - "Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich"

III, 3 - "Lachend muss ich dich lieben"

Wagner's Siegfried

The complete Ring Cycle at the Zürich Opera

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Cast

Andreas Homoki — Producer

Christian Schmidt — Set and costume design

Florian Schaaf — Assistant artistic stage designer

Franck Evin — Lighting designer

Tieni Burkhalter — Video designer

Werner Hintze — Dramaturgy

Beate Breidenbach — Dramaturgy

Program notes

Discover The Ring—Wagner’s epic four-part opera saga—just as the composer intended! After being presented separately at the Zürich Opera House over the course of the past four years, Wagner’s monumental cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen is now being performed live in its entirety in a once-in-a-lifetime event Bachtrack describes as "dramatic music-making at its finest". In the hands of General Music Director Gianandrea Noseda and Stage Director Andreas Homoki, Wagner's myth is represented as "a dysfunctional family of gods" (The Independent) in a polished yet unpretentious production that underscores the humanity of the characters, who are performed by the same exceptional cast of singers across all four operas.

Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen draws inspiration from Norse mythology and Germanic legend. With this original cycle, he crafted a grand operatic universe filled with extraordinary tales about a powerful, cursed ring and its role in the conflict between gods and mortals. Siegfried is the third opera in the set and the narrative picks up several years after the events in Die Walküre. The titular Siegfried (son of the couple Brünnhilde assisted earlier in the cycle) is now being trained by his foster father Mime (another nibelung, brother of Alberich, who sets the entire narrative in motion) to retrieve the ring from its current guardian: a dragon. Siegfried succeeds in his quest and, using the powers of the ring, learns about Brünnhilde’s enchanted sleep atop a mountain. He finds her and it’s love at first sight: with a kiss, Siegfried awakens his future bride...

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