Organization

Grimeborn Opera Festival

Stage director

Julia Burbach

Conductor

Peter Selwyn

Set designer

Bettina John

Lighting designer

Robert Price

Singer

Tenor

Neal Cooper

Siegfried

Bass

Freddie Tong

Alberich

Contralto

Mae Heydorn

Erda

Simon Wilding

Fafner

Baritone

Paul Carey Jones

The Wanderer

Soprano

Lee Bisset

Brünnhilde

Colin Judson

Mime

Elizabeth Karani

Voice of a Woodbird

Flosshilde

Mark Le Brocq

Hagen

Mezzo-soprano

Angharad Lyddon

Waltraute

Lizzie Holmes

Woglinde

Bethan Langford

Wellgunde

Simon Thorpe

Gunther

Lucy Anderson

Gutrune

Costume designer

Assistant Director

Franciska Éry

Mark Burns

Assistant Conductor

John Shea

Kelvin Lim

Choreographer

Cameron McMillan

Translator

Christopher Moon-Little

German

THE RING CYCLE: SIEGFRIED & GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG

London

United Kingdom

Arcola Theatre

Siegfried Wagner,Richard (+1 More)

Public

The Twilight of the Gods

English

Approved

Siegfried Grimeborn, Hackney Empire 2022

Siegfried (+1 More)

Grimeborn Festival marches on inexorably towards the dramatic conclusion of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, in Graham Vick’s and Jonathan Dove’s innovative reduction. Following on from the acclaimed productions of Das Rheingold, at the Arcola Theatre in 2019, and Die Walküre last summer at Hackney Empire, Arcola Theatre completes the Ring Cycle with a double bill of Siegfried and Götterdämmerung.

Standing alone as a closed chapter within The Ring Cycle, Siegfried tells the story of the hero’s quest to rescue Brünnhilde from her flame-surrounded sleep on the rock, overcoming dwarves and dragons and guided by a magic woodbird on the way

Siegfried and Brünnhilde are two lost children of the Gods, the daughter and grandson of Wotan, and in Götterdämmerung they find themselves isolated in a world increasingly torn apart by corruption and fear. Their resilience, courage and love are tested by the arch-villain Hagen, and eventually it becomes clear that only through insight and sacrifice can they bring a conclusion to the flawed world they find themselves in. Brünnhilde initiates the end of an era and her self-immolation re-establishes equilibrium to allow for renewal and a chance for a better future. The circle completes.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Co-Producer