The third opera in the Metropolitan Opera's highly acclaimed production of Wagner's Ringcycle. The innocent youth Siegfried uses his superhuman strength to reforge his father's sword, slays the dragon that guards the ring and ascends in triumph to a mountainous peak, where he awakens the sleeping Brunhilde with a kiss.

Chorus and Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera, conductor James Levine

Act 1

6.50 Surviving Wagner: 2: Notes from Underground
Three female heroines from the Ring cycle speak frankly about their characters.
A proto-Wagnerian monologue by Graeme Fife, with Sheila Gish as Erda, once an Earth goddess and still blessed with green fingers.
(R)

7.25 Act 2

8.40 The Met Opera Quiz
Martin Bernheimer puts listeners' questions to Thor Eckert Jr, Henry Fogel and Father Owen Lee.

9.25 Act 3