Running
time: 330 minutes (to be confirmed)
Sung in German
with subtitles
Cast:
Siegfried ANDREAS SCHAGER
Mime PETER HOARE
Der
Wanderer CHRISTOPHER
MALTMAN
Brünnhilde
ELISABET STRID
Alberich CHRISTOPHER PURVES
Fafner SOLOMAN HOWARD
Erda WIEBKE LEHMKUHL
Woodbird SARAH DUFRESNE
Creatives:
Music
RICHARD WAGNER
Conductor
ANTONIO PAPPANO
Director
BARRIE KOSKY
Set
Designer RUFUS
DIDWISZUS
Costume
Designer VICTORIA
BEHR
Lighting
Designer ALESSANDRO
CARLETTI
Synopsis:
Raised by a
scheming dwarf and unaware of his true family origins, a young man embarks on
an epic journey. Soon, destiny brings him face-to-face with a shattered sword,
a fearsome dragon and the cursed ring it guards, and a Valkyrie forced into
enchanted slumber...
Moments of
transcendent beauty and heroic triumph sparkle in the third chapter of Wagner’s
Ring cycle, brought to life under Barrie Kosky’s inspired eye following his
spectacular Das Rheingold (2023) and Die Walküre (2025). Andreas
Schager, in his much-anticipated debut with The Royal Opera, stars as
Siegfried’s titular hero, alongside Christopher Maltman’s towering
Wanderer, Peter Hoare’s treacherous Mime and Elisabet Strid’s radiant
Brünnhilde. Antonio Pappano conducts, drawing out the unspoken tensions and
ethereal mysticism of Wagner’s dynamic score.