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opera by Richard Wagner

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Librettist
Richard Wagner
Language
German
Based on
Nordic and German legends
Premiere
16 August 1876 ( 1876-08-16 ) , Bayreuth Festspielhaus

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Siegfried (tenore), figurino di Carl Emil Doepler per Siegfried (1876) - Archivio Storico Ricordi ICON004001.jpg
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Siegfried (opera)
Commons gallery
Siegfried
date of first performance
1876-08-16
title
Siegfried
number of parts of this work
3
publication date
1850-00-00
catalog code
86C
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Siegfried ( German: [ˈziːk.fʀiːt] ), WWV 86C, is the third of the four epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (English: The Ring of the Nibelung). It premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 16 August 1876, as part of the first complete performance of The Ring cycle.

The autograph manuscript of the work is preserved in the Richard Wagner Foundation.

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