Daniel Brenna as Siegfried and David Cangelosi as Mime in Wagner’s “Siegfried.” Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
Continuation of my coverage of San Francisco Opera’s Ring for Musical America:
SAN FRANCISCO—From an emotional force akin to Greek tragedy to the straightforward exploits of a superhero: for a director, one of the main challenges posed by the Ring’s third evening is how to bridge that gulf, all the while clarifying the stakes in Siegfried so that the audience will buy into the return to full-on tragic mode in the cycle’s mammoth finale….
continue [behind Musical America‘s paywall — but will be open access Friday afternoon]
Part 1 here
Filed under: Musical America, review, Ring cycle, San Francisco Opera, Wagner
MEMETERIA by Thomas May 