Wagner: Siegfried
If the audience of The Treasure of the Rhine may notice certain fairy-tale elements, it is the musical drama of Siegfried's The Nibelung Ring that most captivates the audience with its playfulness. No wonder, for we are in a forest where a dwarf is raising a foundling, and this sword-wielding Germanic hero, John the Strong, is a fierce and unruly man. Then, of course, we meet a dragon, a mysterious old wanderer, and even the forest bird comes to give our hero advice. Evil is punished, good is rewarded, and lovers become lovers - as is the way of a good fairy tale.
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Siegfried's The Ring of Nibelung is perhaps the music drama that leaves the most to a single singer. The title role, as it is appropriately named, places heavy weights on the shoulders of its performer, and these weights require strong shoulders - which in this case means strong vocal cords. Siegfried's portrayer, the outstanding German heroic tenor Stefan Vink, has already had the opportunity to win the heart of the Budapest Wagner Festival audience on other occasions, and we can look forward to this new encounter with joyful anticipation, remembering his previous great performances. His partners in this year's Wagner Days cycle are Johan Reuter as Wotan, the Wanderer who examines the young man with puzzling questions, Jürgen Sacher as the devious thoughts of the twisted Mime and Jochen Schmeckenbecher as the evil Intent incarnate, the vengeful Alberich. Erda will be sung by Erika Gál, a long-standing stalwart of Müpa's Ring productions, and Eszter Zemlényi will be heard as the forest bird. The flame-guarded Brünnhilde, who in Act III is given new life by Siegfried's kiss, is played by Magdalena Anna Hofmann.
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