[Met Performance] CID:109950



Siegfried
Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, January 15, 1932




Siegfried (155)
Richard Wagner | Richard Wagner
Siegfried
Max Lorenz

Brünnhilde
Gertrude Kappel

Wanderer
Friedrich Schorr

Erda
Karin Branzell

Mime
Hans Clemens

Alberich
Gustav Schützendorf

Fafner
James Wolfe

Forest Bird
Editha Fleischer


Conductor
Artur Bodanzky


Director
Hanns Niedecken-Gebhard

Set Designer
Hans Kautsky





Siegfried received four performances this season.

Review 1:

Review signed D. in Musical America

The Season's First 'Siegfried'

The first "Siegfried" of the season was given on the evening of Jan. 15. Gertrude Kappel effected her re-entry as BrünnhiIde, and Max Lorenz sang the young Siegfried for the first time here. The remainder of the cast was familiar and included Mr. Schorr in his dignified and impressive performance of the Wanderer, perhaps his finest impersonation. Hans Clemens was an efficient Mime, though not the best we have had. Miss Fleischer was the Woodbird, Mr. Wolfe, Fafner, Mr. Schützendorf, Alberich, and Miss Branzell, Erda.

Mr. Lorenz's Siegfried has many points of excellence, youth, buoyancy and straightforwardness of characterization. If the music is slightly heavy for his voice, that is not his fault. Mme. Kappel was fine in her one difficult scene; her terrific phrases were negotiated with ease. Mr. Bodanzky conducted exceedingly well and the orchestra itself was in fine form.



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