Siegfried

 

Wagner Siegfried to a libretto by the composer. Directed 2012 by Plamen Kartaloff at the National Opera and Ballet in Sofia, Bulgaria. Stars Martin Iliev (Siegried), Krasimir Dinev (Mime), Biser Georgiev (Alberich) Martin Tsonev (The Wanderer/Wotan), Petar Buchkov (Fafner), Rumyana Petrova (Erda), Bayasgalan Dashnyam (Brünnhilde), and Lyubov Metodieva (Forest Bird). Pavel Baleff conducts the Orchestra of the Sofia Opera and Ballet (Concertmaster Teodora Hristova). Set and costume design by Nikolay Panayotov; lighting design by Andrej Hajdinjak. Directed for TV by Plamen Kartaloff; sound engineer was Yordan Tomov; video editing by Angel Hristov. Sung in German. Released 2021, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio. Grade: D

We are giving a D grade to all 4 of the operas in Wagner’s Der Ring cycle published by the Sofia Opera and Ballet. See our screenshots and discussion of this for the Sofia Das Rheingold.

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