Richard Wagner, Siegfried

Performed by the musicians of Concerto Köln and the Dresdner Festspielorchester under the direction of Kent Nagano, this Siegfried is the fruit of years of research into what would be a historically informed reading of Wagner’s operas.

Launched in 2017, this interdisciplinary project of artistic and scientific research has allowed for a re-examination of a widely studied work, Wagner's Ring, in the most comprehensive way possible in order to offer, for the first time, a historically informed interpretation. Kent Nagano and his collaborators have thus focused on issues of pronunciation, orchestral conducting, instruments, and staging in Wagner's works. They apply their findings to the second day of the festival, Siegfried, which centers on the story of this grandson of Wotan who knows neither fear nor envy.

Program and cast

Duration: approximately 5h00

Dresdner Festspielorchester
Concerto Köln
Kent Nagano, conductor
Thomas Blondelle, Siegfried
Thomas Ebenstein, Mime
Derek Welton, The Wanderer
Daniel Schmutzhard, Alberich
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Fafner
Gerhild Romberger, Erda
Åsa Jäger, Brünnhilde
nn, Forest Bird

Programme
Richard Wagner
Siegfried