[Met Performance] CID:133090



Siegfried
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, February 21, 1942




Siegfried (195)
Richard Wagner | Richard Wagner
Siegfried
Lauritz Melchior

Br?nnhilde
Elisabeth Rethberg

Wanderer
Julius Huehn

Erda
Karin Branzell

Mime
Karl Laufk?tter

Alberich
Walter Olitzki

Fafner
Emanuel List

Forest Bird
Nadine Conner


Conductor
Erich Leinsdorf







Review 1:

Review signed "S" in the Musical America of March 10, 1942

'Siegfried Has Second Performance

Wagner's 'Siegfried' had its second and final performance of the season on the evening of Feb. 21 before an audience which demonstrated, by its size and enthusiasm, that additional performances of the 'Ring' operas this year would have been welcome. Elisabeth Rethberg was the Br?nnhilde, making her second appearance in the role at the Metropolitan. Mme. Rethberg's Br?nnhilde was surprisingly good, considering the fact that she has sung less heroic roles predominantly. It had dramatic conviction and vocal resourcefulness, despite the fact that she pushed upper tones and hardened the quality of the voice in certain passages. Her commanding stage presence was an invaluable asset in giving a semblance of conviction to the final act, one of Wagner's least successful conceptions, as far as the average results on the stage are concerned. Lauritz Melchior's Siegfried was in fine fettle, vocally speaking. Julius Huehn as the Wanderer sang sonorously, but Mr. Huehn should move more deliberately, and add other touches of characterization to give the figure greater dignity. Karl Laufkoetter's Mime was a brilliant success and the Erda of Karin Branzell was impressive. Erich Leinsdorf conducted a bit too vehemently, but, on the whole, to vitalizing effect.



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