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SIEGFRIED

Network Three
on Network Three

Act 2
Words and music by Wagner
Sung in German on gramophone records VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by GEORG SOLTI
The scene Is laid in the depths of a forest
Mime covets the Nibelung treasure, but dare not fight Fafner, the dragon who xuards it. He brings Siegfried, who knows no fear. to Fafner's cave, and Siegfried easily slays the monster. Realising that Mime intends to give him poison and steal the treasure, Siegfried kills him. The Woodbird tells him of the beautiful Briinnhilde, who lies in magic sleep en a mountain-top surrounded by fire. Siegfried sets off joyfully to win her for his bride.

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Georg Solti
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