Siegfried-29 September 2012 Evening 3.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Antonio Pappano
Concert Master Vasko Vassilev
Cast
Mime
a Nibelung, Alberich's brother
Gerhard Siegel
Siegfried
son of Siegmund and Sieglinde
Stefan Vinke
Wanderer (Wotan) Bryn Terfel
Alberich
a Nibelung
Wolfgang Koch
Alberich
a Nibelung
Jochen Schmeckenbecher
Fafner
a giant
Eric Halfvarson
Woodbird Sophie Bevan
Erda
earth goddess
Maria Radner
Brünnhilde
daughter of Wotan
Susan Bullock
Actors
Children from Stagecoach
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: The first cycle of The Royal Opera's 2012 revival of 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' is dedicated to Sir Georg Solti (1912-97), music director of The Royal Opera from 1961 to 1971, in the centenary of his birth. Wolfgang Koch was indisposed and was unable to sing. He acted the role of Alberich, which was sung from the side stage by Jochen Schmeckenbecher.
Sponsor: Anthony Bunker (role of the Woodbird) ; Marina Hobson (costumes)
Language: German
Surtitled by: Peter Bloor
Durations: Act I: 3.06-4.26pm, Act II: 5.05-6.22pm, Act III: 7.52-9.13pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 29 September 2012 (in Royal Opera House Collections)