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The Ring of the Nibelung

on BBC Two England

By Richard Wagner.
Siegfried, Act 2. Siegfried has reforged Wotan's magic sword
Notung and set off into the forest to seek out the dragon Fafner who now guards the ring. However, behind his back, dwarfs Mime and Alberich are plotting against him.
Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch
Stage director Nikolaus Lehnhoff
BBCtv presentation Donald Sturrock An NHK (Japan) production (Act 3 next Saturday)
0 SIMULTANEOUS BROADCAST: with Radio 3.

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Wagner.
Conducted By:
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Director:
Nikolaus Lehnhoff
Unknown:
Donald Sturrock
Ekkehard:
Wlaschiha (baritone)
Wotan:
Robert Hale (bass-Baritone)
Mime:
Helmut Pampuch (tenor)
Siegfried:
Rene Kollo (tenor)
Fafner:
Kurt Moll (bass)
Woodbird:
Julie Kaufmann (soprano)

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