Siegfried - Bayreuther Festspiele

About Siegfried - Bayreuther Festspiele

The third opera in Richard Wagner's epic Ring cycle, Siegfried follows the adventures of the son of demigods Siegmund and Sieglinde as he conquers his enemies and rescues the beauteous Brunnhilde with the help of his magic sword. This video preserves the controversial 1976 Bayreuth Centenary production, with Pierre Boulez leading the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra.

Siegfried - Bayreuther Festspiele (1980) is a music film directed by Brian Large and Patrice Chéreau. It runs 230 minutes and was released in August 1980.

The film is filed under opera, opera live performance, and bayreuther festspiele.

Manfred Jung appears as Siegfried, Heinz Zednik as Mime, Donald McIntyre as Wanderer (Wotan), and Hermann Becht as Alberich. The screenplay is by Richard Wagner. It streams on Carnegie Hall+ Amazon Channel and Carnegie Hall+ Apple TV channel in the United States.

Wagner: Das Rheingold, Notre Dame de Paris - Live Arena di Verona, and Carmen make useful companions to Siegfried - Bayreuther Festspiele.