Monumental, fascinating and controversial: Richard Wagner's opera cycle “Der Ring des Nibelungen” is still the subject of controversy today. Sixteen hours in four evenings—created over more than a quarter of a century—tell of the downfall of a power system, the fateful failure of the hero, and the utopia of love. After more than 40 years, “The Ring” returns to Theater Basel, with the premieres of “Das Rheingold” and “Die Walküre” in 2023, followed by “Siegfried” and “Götterdämmerung” this fall.
“Siegfried” is the third opera in the “Ring” cycle. Benedikt von Peter stages it as an intense search for identity. Isolated in the forest, Siegfried—the son of the twins Siegmund and Sieglinde—has grown up. Unaware of his origins, the young hero succeeds in conquering the Ring and freeing Brünnhilde, the Valkyrie who had been imprisoned by her father, the god Wotan. But he has no idea that he has long been part of Wotan's perfidious plans. Wagner's "fairytale opera" combines spectacular dragon fights with ecstatic love duets and evokes mythical images of nature. The opera will be performed in German with English and German surtitles.
Tickets are CHF 30-145 for adults and CHF 20 for youths and students.
You can also watch all four parts of the "Ring" cycle within just a few days in the early summer of 2025. For more information, see https://www.theater-basel.ch/de/zyklusaboPLUS.

Website
theater-basel.ch/en/siegfried

Where
Theater Basel
Theaterstrasse 7
4051 Basel

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