Siegfried is the third of the four operas that constitute Richard Wagner’s ‘Der Ring des Nibelungen’ (The Ring of the Nibelung). Wagner wrote the libretto and music for this cycle of four epicoperas over the course of about twenty-six years, from 1848 to 1874. The Ring premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus over 4 days, from 13 to 17 August 1876. This part of the cycle is primarily inspired by the story of thelegendary hero Sigurd in Norse mythology.

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