The Met Live in HD: 'Siegfried'

Recorded live on stage at New York's Metropolitan Opera House in 2011, the third opera in Wagner's 'Ring Cycle' is broadcast to cinemas. The young hero Siegfried grows up in the wilderness, raised by Alberich's conniving brother Mime. He puts together the broken pieces of the sword Nothung, uses it to slay the fearsome dragon Fafner, and takes the ring for himself. Starring Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde), Patricia Bardon (Erda), Jay Hunter Morris (Siegfried), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Bryn Terfel (The Wanderer) and Eric Owens (Alberich). Conducted by Fabio Luisi. (Runs 258 minutes, including one interval.)