Siegfried: Hoho! Hoho! Hahei! Schmiede, mein Hammer (C. Hilley/Ya-Chung Huang/Sir Donald Runnicles)

DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN
Second Day
SIEGFRIED
Libretto by Richard Wagner

Act I, Scene 3: Hoho! Hoho! Hahei! Schmiede, mein Hammer (Siegfried, Mime)

“Siegfried” is the third of the four operas that comprise Wagner’s epic tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen (‘The Ring of the Nibelung’). Siegfried, raised by the evil dwarf Mime, discovers that he is the son of Siegmund and Sieglinde. He must negotiate betrayals and dangers in a landscape of dragons and magic in order to kill Fafner, who has the Ring, as well as Mime, who has designs on it. Finally, in music of resplendent drama, Siegfried, the hero who knows no fear, can penetrate the ring of fire to awaken the sleeping Valkyrie, Brünnhilde.

Siegfried – Clay Hilley, tenor
Mime – Ya-Chung Huang, tenor
Wanderer – Iain Paterson, bass-baritone
Alberich – Jordan Shanahan, baritone
Brünnhilde – Nina Stemme, soprano

Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Conductor – Sir Donald Runnicles

Stage Director – Stefan Herheim
Set Designers – Silke Bauer, Stefan Herheim
Costume Designer – Uta Heiseke
Lighting Designer – Ulrich Niepel
Video Projection – Torge Møller
Dramaturgy – Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach, Jörg Königsdorf

Film Director – Götz Filenius
Filmed on 12 and 19 November 2021 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Germany
A production by Naxos and Deutsche Oper Berlin, in cooperation with RBB,
in association with NRK and Marquee TV

DVD 2.110743-44 / Blu-ray NBD0159V

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