Richard Wagner - Siegfried (2012)

"Siegfried" marks the beginning of the so-called second day of the "Ring des Nibelungen", with Daniel Barenboim conducting the orchestra of La Scala in Milan in Guy Cassiers' production. Lance Ryan, who has already had the honour of interpreting the role of Siegfried on the world's biggest stages - including the traditional Bayreuth Festspielhaus - plays the young, guileless hero in a rousing way. His adversaries Mime, Alberich and the Wanderer are brought to life by the fantastic voices of Peter Bronder, Johannes Martin Kränzle and Terje Stensvold. The soloists Nina Stemme, once again stunning in the role of Brünnhilde, and Anna Larsson, moving as the Mother of God Erda, are also breathtaking. What was intended as a cheerful satyr play becomes a dream and trauma of reencounters and journeys of discovery in breathtaking time-lapse. Siegfried races through an existence between horror film and slapstick comedy. While Brünnhilde and Siegfried celebrate their detachment from the drama of fate of their fathers, the apocalyptic end in the tragedy of the eternally abandoned children is already announced.

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