DVD + Blu-Ray:
Siegfried

Siegfried is the third chapter of Wagner's Ring tetralogy signed by the Thielemann-Tcherniakov collaboration, with a grandiose Andreas Schager.

Raising the curtain on a work of superlatives: the Staatsoper Unter den Linden represents the ultimate challenge for any opera house, Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. Christian Thielemann conducts the Ring tetralogy, and Dmitri Tcherniakov, highly praised for his psychologically sophisticated productions, led the playful all-star ensemble coherently through the panorama of characters, situations and events that unfolded like a universe and consistently interpreted the sheer vastness and the manifold twists and turns of the Ring cosmos.

“Musically, this Ring blew away everything that had gone before – and we are talking about a performance history of more than one hundred years.” (Die Welt)

In the third part of his Ring tetralogy, Wagner incorporates fairy-tale motifs into his epic mythological story. The well-known tale of The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn Fear is echoed in Siegfried as well as episodes from the medieval Nibelungenlied.

“Andreas Schager – a heroic tenor like the world is looking for.” (Berliner Morgenpost)

Genre Opera
Composer Richard Wagner
Orchestra / Band Staatskapelle Berlin
Conductor Christian Thielemann
Stage Director Dmitri Tcherniakov
Soloist Andreas Schager, Stephan Rügamer, Michael Volle, Anja Kampe, Anna Kissjudit, Johannes Martin Kränzle
Recording location Staatsoper unter den Linden, Berlin
Recording date Staatsoper Unter den Linden, October 2022
Duration 251 mins
Producers Bel Air Media, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, ZDF, UNITEL, Arte Concert, rbb