Siegfried - Richard Wagner
Information about the opera Siegfried by Richard Wagner, and the best recordings available on CD or DVD, or for download.
The third opera in Wagner's Ring cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung).
Recommended recordings on CD
Keilberth/Windgassen/Kuén (Testament SBT4 1392)
The first part released of this historic Ring cycle, recorded in stereo at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival.
Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Keilberth, 1955.
Cast: Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Paul Kuén (Mime), Hans Hotter (Der Wanderer), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Josef Greindl (Fafner), Maria von Ilosvay (Erda), Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde).
Testament SBT4 1392
Recommended recordings on DVD
Mehta (C Major 700 908)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, conducted by Zubin Mehta.
C Major 700 908
Haenchen/Kruse/Clark (Opus Arte OA 0948 D)
The third part in this new staging of the Ring from Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam.
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Hartmut Haenchen, 1999.
Cast: Heinz Kruse (Siegfried), Graham Clark (Mime), John Bröcheler (Der Wanderer), Henk Smit (Alberich), Carsten Stabell (Fafner), Anne Gjevang (Erda), Jeannine Altmeyer (Brünnhilde).
Opus Arte OA 0948 D
Billy/Treleaven/Clark (Opus Arte OA 0912 D)
The third work in this recommended Ring cycle on DVD.
Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Theatre del Liceu, conducted by Bertrand de Billy.
Cast: John Treleaven (Siegfried), Graham Clark (Mime), Falk Struckmann (Der Wanderer), Günter von Kannen (Alberich), Eric Halfvarson (Fafner), Andrea Bönig (Erda), Deborah Polaski (Brünnhilde).
Opus Arte OA 0912 D