Andreas Schager and Stefan Vinke alternate in the role of the fearless hero Siegfried, both in their Met debuts. Sharing the role of Wotan, the king of the gods, are Michael Volle, who is making his Met role debut, and Greer Grimsley, who reprises his performance from the 2013 cycles. Starring as the warrior maiden Brünnhilde in her much-anticipated Met role debut is Christine Goerke. The cast includes many of today’s preeminent Wagnerian singers, several of whom are singing their roles for the first time at the Met. Marshaling the vast forces on stage and in the pit is the incoming music director of the Vienna State Opera, Philippe Jordan, who has conducted acclaimed Ring cycles in Paris and Zurich. This season’s performances are the first time the Met has presented the inventive Robert Lepage staging in six seasons and are the only complete Ring cycles to be presented in North America in 2019. New York, NY (January 29, 2019)-The Metropolitan Opera will present Richard Wagner’s four-part masterwork Der Ring des Nibelungen in performances March 9–May 11, 2019.
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