- The Fach System. Operatic voices can be classified by a variety of means. At base we define singers by the vocal range of their voice (basically what notes they can sing), but opera has developed a range of conventions for grouping singers with particular vocal styles as well.
- 'Siegfried,' as has been happily observed, is the Scherzo of the great Nibelungen Symphony. Its jubilant, outdoor life, the buoyant, fearless, militant innocence of the hero, make a refreshing change from the tragedy and gloom of 'The Valkyrie.'
- Having already studied the Siegfried legend and the Norse myths as a possible basis for an opera and having written an operatic 'poem,' Siegfrieds Tod (Siegfried's Death), in which he conceived of Siegfried as the new type of man who would emerge after the successful revolution he hoped for.
Mime's hut
Mime, one of the mythical race of Nibelung dwarves, works at his forge to create a sword for his foster child, Siegfried. He knows that the new weapon will not satisfy the youth, whose powerful arm will shatter the blade at the first blow. Mime is desperate to achieve his goal – possession of the Ring and the Tarnhelm. This could be accomplished if Siegfried slays Fafner, who has assumed the shape of a dragon and now guards the stolen Nibelung treasures. Mime could then dispose of Siegfried and have the Ring's power to himself. Siegfried appears, terrorizing Mime with a wild bear. Mime hands him the new sword, which Siegfried immediately destroys.
Siegfried instinctively distrusts Mime, despite his apparent kindness. Mime's reproaches provoke a quarrel during which the youth extracts from him the name of his mother and the circumstances of his birth. Mime shows Siegfried the broken pieces of Nothung, his father's sword. Siegfried orders Mime to reforge it, for he is eager to strike out on his own. He rushes back into the forest.
Wotan, disguised as the Wanderer, enters the hut seeking rest. Mime tries to keep him out, but he wagers his head against a moment's shelter that he can answer any riddle. Mime is unable to outwit him. Tomcat pkcs12. It is Mime's turn to solve his guest's riddles, and he easily guesses the first two answers: The Volsungs are the race Wotan most loves and most oppresses; and Nothung is the sword Fafner's slayer must wield. Mime fails to answer the third riddle: 'Who shall forge together the fragments of Nothung?' The Wanderer supplies the solution: 'One who has never known fear.' The Wanderer departs, declaring that he forfeits to the unknown hero his prize – Mime's head.
Opera North's acclaimed concert staging of Wagner's Ring cycle, filmed in Leeds, UK, June 2016. Wagner's unparalleled orchestral scene-painting reaches new h.
Mime realizes he has erred by never teaching Siegfried fear. He is confident that Fafner will teach the youth this emotion, and when Siegfried returns, he proposes that they go immediately to the dragon's lair. Siegfried insists upon first having his father's sword but, since Mime is unable to forge it, Siegfried sets to work himself. Mime is torn by a dilemma: Siegfried must have the sword to kill Fafner; yet if he forges the weapon, he may also fulfill the Wanderer's prophecy and claim Mime's life. Having decided to drug Siegfried after the encounter with Fafner and kill him when he is unconscious, Mime brews the potion that will destroy Siegfried. Seizing his reforged weapon, Siegfried splits the anvil in half.
Siegfried is a German-language male given name, composed from the Germanic elements sig 'victory' and frithu 'protection, peace'.The German name has the Old Norse cognate Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr, which gives rise to Swedish Sigfrid (hypocorisms Sigge, Siffer), Danish/Norwegian Sigfred. In Norway, Sigfrid is given as a feminine name.[1]
The name is medieval and was borne by the legendary dragon-slayer also known as Sigurd. It did survive in marginal use into the modern period, but after 1876 it enjoyed renewed popularity due to Wagner's Siegfried.
Siegfried Opera Duration
Notable people with the name include:
Medieval[edit]
- Sigfrid of Sweden (died 1045), English missionary to Sweden and patron saint of Växjö
- Siegfried I, Archbishop of Mainz (died 1084)
- Siegfried of Luxembourg (922–998), founder of Luxembourg
- Siegfried III, Archbishop of Mainz (died 1249)
- Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (c. 1230 – 1298)
Modern[edit]
- The Fach System. Operatic voices can be classified by a variety of means. At base we define singers by the vocal range of their voice (basically what notes they can sing), but opera has developed a range of conventions for grouping singers with particular vocal styles as well.
- 'Siegfried,' as has been happily observed, is the Scherzo of the great Nibelungen Symphony. Its jubilant, outdoor life, the buoyant, fearless, militant innocence of the hero, make a refreshing change from the tragedy and gloom of 'The Valkyrie.'
- Having already studied the Siegfried legend and the Norse myths as a possible basis for an opera and having written an operatic 'poem,' Siegfrieds Tod (Siegfried's Death), in which he conceived of Siegfried as the new type of man who would emerge after the successful revolution he hoped for.
Mime's hut
Mime, one of the mythical race of Nibelung dwarves, works at his forge to create a sword for his foster child, Siegfried. He knows that the new weapon will not satisfy the youth, whose powerful arm will shatter the blade at the first blow. Mime is desperate to achieve his goal – possession of the Ring and the Tarnhelm. This could be accomplished if Siegfried slays Fafner, who has assumed the shape of a dragon and now guards the stolen Nibelung treasures. Mime could then dispose of Siegfried and have the Ring's power to himself. Siegfried appears, terrorizing Mime with a wild bear. Mime hands him the new sword, which Siegfried immediately destroys.
Siegfried instinctively distrusts Mime, despite his apparent kindness. Mime's reproaches provoke a quarrel during which the youth extracts from him the name of his mother and the circumstances of his birth. Mime shows Siegfried the broken pieces of Nothung, his father's sword. Siegfried orders Mime to reforge it, for he is eager to strike out on his own. He rushes back into the forest.
Wotan, disguised as the Wanderer, enters the hut seeking rest. Mime tries to keep him out, but he wagers his head against a moment's shelter that he can answer any riddle. Mime is unable to outwit him. Tomcat pkcs12. It is Mime's turn to solve his guest's riddles, and he easily guesses the first two answers: The Volsungs are the race Wotan most loves and most oppresses; and Nothung is the sword Fafner's slayer must wield. Mime fails to answer the third riddle: 'Who shall forge together the fragments of Nothung?' The Wanderer supplies the solution: 'One who has never known fear.' The Wanderer departs, declaring that he forfeits to the unknown hero his prize – Mime's head.
Opera North's acclaimed concert staging of Wagner's Ring cycle, filmed in Leeds, UK, June 2016. Wagner's unparalleled orchestral scene-painting reaches new h.
Mime realizes he has erred by never teaching Siegfried fear. He is confident that Fafner will teach the youth this emotion, and when Siegfried returns, he proposes that they go immediately to the dragon's lair. Siegfried insists upon first having his father's sword but, since Mime is unable to forge it, Siegfried sets to work himself. Mime is torn by a dilemma: Siegfried must have the sword to kill Fafner; yet if he forges the weapon, he may also fulfill the Wanderer's prophecy and claim Mime's life. Having decided to drug Siegfried after the encounter with Fafner and kill him when he is unconscious, Mime brews the potion that will destroy Siegfried. Seizing his reforged weapon, Siegfried splits the anvil in half.
Siegfried is a German-language male given name, composed from the Germanic elements sig 'victory' and frithu 'protection, peace'.The German name has the Old Norse cognate Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr, which gives rise to Swedish Sigfrid (hypocorisms Sigge, Siffer), Danish/Norwegian Sigfred. In Norway, Sigfrid is given as a feminine name.[1]
The name is medieval and was borne by the legendary dragon-slayer also known as Sigurd. It did survive in marginal use into the modern period, but after 1876 it enjoyed renewed popularity due to Wagner's Siegfried.
Siegfried Opera Duration
Notable people with the name include:
Medieval[edit]
- Sigfrid of Sweden (died 1045), English missionary to Sweden and patron saint of Växjö
- Siegfried I, Archbishop of Mainz (died 1084)
- Siegfried of Luxembourg (922–998), founder of Luxembourg
- Siegfried III, Archbishop of Mainz (died 1249)
- Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (c. 1230 – 1298)
Modern[edit]
- Siegfried Lipiner (1856–1911), Austrian poet and author
- Siegfried Wagner (1869–1930), German composer, conductor, and opera director, son of Richard Wagner
- Siegfried 'Fritz' Flesch (1872–1939), Austrian saber fencer
- Siegfried Translateur (1875–1944), Austrian composer of dance music
- Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), English poet, named Siegfried by his mother because of her love of Wagner's operas.
- Siegfried Kasche (1903–1947), German Nazi Storm Trooper officer and ambassador executed for war crimes
- Siegfried Fehmer (1911–1948), German Nazi Gestapo officer executed for war crimes
- Siegfried Seidl (1911–1947), Austrian Nazi commander of the Theresienstadt concentration camp executed for war crimes
- Siegfried Rapp (1915–1982), one-armed German pianist
- Siegfried Buback (1920–1977), Attorney General of Germany
- Siegfried Fischbacher (1939–2021), German-American magician
- Siegfried Jerusalem (born 1940), German operatic tenor
- Siegfried Ziering (1928–2000), German-born American business executive, playwright and philanthropist
Fictional characters[edit]
- Sigurd or Siegfried, the legendary dragon-slaying hero in Nibelungenlied
- Siegfried, leading character in the opera of the same name
- Die Nibelungen: Siegfried, the first of Fritz Lang's two-film series, Die Nibelungen
- Siegfried, a character in History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi
- Siegfried (Get Smart), fictional character in 1960s American spy comedy television series Get Smart
- Siegfried, a principal character in the ballet Swan Lake
- Siegfried Farnon, one of the main characters in All Creatures Great and Small (TV series)
- Siegfried Schtauffen and Nightmare, two interconnected characters of the Soulcalibur series of fighting games
- Dubhe Alpha Siegfried, Saint Seiya anime series character
- Siegfried Kircheis, a character in the series of Japanese science fiction novels Legend of the Galactic Heroes
- Siegfried, a recurring demon in the Shin Megami Tensei video game series
- Siegfried, the Saber of Black in the anime Fate/Apocrypha
- Siegfried of Denesle, a side character in the video game series The Witcher
See also[edit]
Siegfried Wagner
References[edit]
- ^nordicnames.de; official statistics at Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no; Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
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