Siegfried - Bayreuther Festspiele

(1980)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 4 votes

Genres: Music

Year: 1980

Runtime: 230 мин

Country: Germany

Director: Brian Large, Patrice Chéreau

Cast: Manfred Jung, Heinz Zednik, Donald McIntyre, Hermann Becht, Fritz Hübner, Ortrun Wenkel, Gwyneth Jones, Norma Sharp, Pierre Boulez

Plot

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. Manfred Jung leads the cast as Siegfried, with Gwyneth Jones as Brunnhilde, Donald McIntyre as the Wanderer, and Hermann Becht as Alberich.