[Met Performance] CID:124090



Siegfried
Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, November 28, 1938




Siegfried (181)
Richard Wagner | Richard Wagner
Siegfried
Lauritz Melchior

Br?nnhilde
Marjorie Lawrence

Wanderer
Friedrich Schorr

Erda
Kerstin Thorborg

Mime
Karl Laufk?tter

Alberich
Adolf Vogel

Fafner
Norman Cordon

Forest Bird
Natalie Bodanya


Conductor
Artur Bodanzky


Director
Leopold Sachse

Set Designer
Hans Kautsky

Set Designer
Jonel Jorgulesco [Act III, Scene 2 only]





Siegfried received seven performances this season.

Review 1:

Review of Robert C. Bagar in the World Telegram

Melchior Siegfried at the Met

Number three in the Wagnerian tetralogy, "Siegfried," was the Metropolitan's choice for last evening. And the members of a large audience, come to get their four-hour quota of mythology with sound, stayed to the very end - minus a few who made an earlier departure.

Entrusted with the role of Siegfried was none other than Lauritz Melchior, as mature-looking a youth as has ever trod that sacrosanct stage - and no less so last evening. Yet his energetic deportment and the exuberance of his singing did much - as they generally do - to give the characterization a veritable realism.

Danish Tenor Amusing

The Danish tenor's voice sometimes was a little on the tight side in the upper register, but, gratifyingly, no such flaw was noticeable in the forging song. Nor did his last act vocalism have anything like a preponderance of it. When Mr. Melchior is in the vein, by the way, he can be very amusing with the business of the reed pipe. He was definitely in the vein this time and so much so that several good and life-sized chuckles greeted his antics.

Marjorie Lawrence, as Br?nnhilde, gave a splendid performance. She was youth personified in looks. Hence she did the only plausible thing - she acted naturally. And since singing is almost as natural a function of hers as smiling - manifested on so many occasion and again last evening - there could have been only one possible result, a "Siegfried" Br?nnhilde of the first order. Her high C's were gems of perfect intonation and solidly produced tone.

Schorr in Good Condition

Friedrich Schorr was in good vocal condition, save for topmost notes. But his delivery of the Wanderer's lines had nobility of style, point and implication. Kerstin Thorborg's Erda, a bit breathy, was adequate. Karl Laufk?tter as Mime and Adolf Vogel as Alberich were creditable. Norman Cordon offered a deep-toned, articulate Fafner. Natalie Bodanya sang the Forest Bird's sequences clearly and pleasingly.



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