Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen: Siegfried (Staatsoper Stuttgart) | Act 1/2

From the Staatsoper Stuttgart, The Ring of the Nibelung: Siegfried Watch the full opera: Watch the Cycle “The Ring of the Nibelung“: Subscribe to EuroArts: Jon Frederic West - Siegfried Heinz Göhrig - Mime Wolfgang Schöne - The Wanderer Björn Waag - Alberich Attila Jun - Fafner Gabriela Herrera - a woodbird Helene Ranada - Erda Lisa Gastee - Brünnhilde Staatsorchester Stuttgart Staatsoper Stuttgart Lothar Zagrosek - conductor Ulrich Eistert - choir master Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen: Siegfried 0:00 Intro credits 2:10 Act I The third part of the Ring cycle focuses on Siegfried, the child of Sieglinde and Siegmund. His upbringing has been wild end free, and he has never learned the meaning of fear. As he struggles to break free from his past and to forge his own destiny, the fatefulpossession of the Ring passes to him. He acquires his father’s sword, kills the dragon Fafner, and wakes the sleeping Brünnhilde. As the Wanderer (Wotan in disguise) tries to bar his way, he brushes him aside and, in so doing, breaks his spear, thereby destroying his power.