Opera on 3: Live from the Met: Wagner 200 - Siegfried

Live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, a performance of the third opera of Wagner's Ring Cycle, Siegfried. A boy who knows no fear, Siegfried forges a new sword out of the remains of his father's shattered blade Nothung, which he then uses both to kill the dragon Fafner, and to break the Wanderer's spear. The opera ends with his discovery of Brunnhilde, and finally realising the meaning of fear, and of love. The broadcast includes a Wagner 200 Opera Guide on Siegfried. Presented by Margaret Juntwait and Ira Siff. Wagner: Siegfried. Jay Hunter Morris, tenor (Siegfried), Gerhard Siegel, tenor (Mime), Mark Delavan, bass-baritone (The Wanderer), Eric Owens, baritone (Alberich), Hans-Peter Konig, bass (Fafner), Lisette Oropesa, soprano (Woodbird), Meredith Arwady, contralto (Erda), Deborah Voigt, soprano (Brunnhilde), Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Fabio Luisi (conductor)