BBC Proms presents a concert performance of Wagner's 'Siegfried'. Daniel Barenboim’s survey of Wagner’s epic tetralogy reaches its third instalment, introducing the naive hero Siegfried, the dragon-slaying innocent who only learns fear when he falls in love with Brünnhilde.
Staatskapelle Berlin under Daniel Barenboim.
Lance Ryan tenor, Proms debut artist (Siegfried)
Nina Stemme soprano (Brünnhilde)
Terje Stensvold baritone (Wanderer)
Peter Bronder tenor (Mime)
Johannes Martin Kränzle baritone (Alberich)
Eric Halfvarson bass (Fafner)
Rinnat Moriah soprano, Proms debut artist (Woodbird)
Anna Larsson mezzo-soprano (Erda)
(Running time: five hours 20 mins. There will be two intervals of 30 minutes; sung in German.)
(Note: in the Royal College of Music at 3.15pm, a Proms Plus Into event. Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by Mark Berry, Royal Holloway, University of London, for an introduction to tonight's opera.)