SIEGFRIED By Richard Wagner ( Score)

BoulezChereau Production Bayreuther Festival, 1980 Siegfried: Manfred Jung Mime: Heinz Zednik Brünnhilde: Gwyneth Jones Wotan (Disguised as The Wanderer): Donald McIntyre Alberich: Hermann Becht Fafner: Fritz Hübner Erda: Ortrun Wenkel Waldvogel (The Woodbird): Norma Sharp 0:00 ACT I; PRELUDE 3:34 SCENE I; a frustrated Mime sits at the anvil in his forest shelter, he fails to reforge Nothung to kill the dragon Fafner with. 6:55 Siegfried appears, carrying a bear with him, asking if the most recent sword is finished. 8:40 Siegfried breaks the sword and lets his anger out on Mime. 10:32 Mime says Siegfried is ungrateful and lists the things he did for him; they talk about the role of a parent. 18:55 Siegfried assaults Mime, demanding for Mime to tell him about his parents. 25:49 Siegfried, longing for freedom, tells Mime to finish the sword so he can explore the world. He leaves. 28:07 SCENE II; the Wanderer appears. He asks f