Friday, June 17, 2011

Siegfried

In this third installment of The Ring Cycle, Siegfried, the son of Siegmund and Sieglinde, forges himself a sword in Mime's workshop, which is in a cave in a forest. Siegfried has broken every sword that Mime has tried to forge him, but this sword, Nothung, will be different.



You can read more about this opera here.

You can listen to the beautiful recording here.

1 comment:

  1. The Hittys loved this series! the flaming end to Götterdämmerung was a special horror to the little wooden dolls.

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