This is a broadcast live performance with 2 intervals. Sung in German with English subtitles.

Approximate running times:

Act I: 1 hour 20 minutes
Interval: 30 minutes
Act II: 1 hour 15 minutes
Interval: 1 hour 20 minutes
Act III: 1 hour 20 minutes

Raised by a scheming dwarf and unaware of his true family origins, a young man embarks on an epic journey. Soon, destiny brings him face-to-face with a shattered sword, a fearsome dragon and the cursed ring it guards, and a Valkyrie forced into enchanted slumber...

Moments of transcendent beauty and heroic triumph sparkle in the third chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle, brought to life under Barrie Kosky’s inspired eye following his spectacular Das Rheingold (2023) and Die Walküre (2025). Andreas Schager, in his much-anticipated debut with The Royal Opera, stars as Siegfried’s titular hero, alongside Christopher Maltman’s towering Wanderer, Peter Hoare’s treacherous Mime and Elisabet Strid’s radiant Brünnhilde. Antonio Pappano conducts, drawing out the unspoken tensions and ethereal mysticism of Wagner’s dynamic score.

Directed by: Barrie Kosky
Cast includes: Andreas Schager, Peter Hoare, Christopher Maltman