by Richard Wagner.
Continuing the complete cycle of Gotz Friedrich 's production, live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
3: Siegfried
Music drama in three acts. Cast in order of singing: (tenor) (tenor) (bass) (bass) (bass) (sop) (mezzo-soprano) (soprano)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House conductor Bernard Haitink
Act
6.25 Japan Season: The World in Reverse A portrait of Japan compiled from the letters and journals ofjesuit missionaries during the Christian Century
(1543-1640). Fr Michael Cooper, a modernjesuit, talks to Denis Nowlan about that first encounter between Japan and the West.
7.05 Act 2
8.20 Interpreting the Ring: The first of two programmes in which
Antony Peattie considers recent interpretations of the Ring and talks to their producers.
9.05 Act 3 fGotterdammerung' on Thursday at 5.00pm)