Except, he wasn't supposed to be manly at this point! He was supposed to be an enthusiastic man-boy! That's why I like the Jay Hunter Morris depiction better.
@@theresaq8321 He's the son of half-gods. Man-boy for him is every other man's "manly." Further, his maturation doesn't really happen until Gottar, and "more mature," doesn't necessarily imply a stronger sound. The orchestra and score being unrelentingly loud implies that Wagner desired a hefty voice in the role, regardless of Siegfried's actual state. And Jay-Hunter Morris' voice is too small live, and often gets swamped by the orchestra.
@@Mase251 One of the best, certainly. Gerhard Stolze was equally good (IMHO), especially as Mime in the studio recording conducted by Solti. Erwin Wohlfahrt is also fantastic in the role, on the Böhm performance from Bayreuth 1966. For Loge, there was, in the 1940s, a heldentenor with creepy-tenor capability who is my very favorite Loge. His name was Julius Pölzer. He's on the recording conducted by Rudolf Moralt. With Ferdinand Frantz, Herbert Alsen, and Rosette Anday.
Maestro Jerusalem is the greatest overall interpreter of this extremely demanding part. We are all lucky that this Met performance is available in high quality video and audio.
Siegfried is certainly one of the parts that make the Ring Cycle so infamously difficult. Siegfried is such an intense role, that people who can truly pull it off are pretty rare.
You should. I've seen it twice in Seattle, and miss it much. Totally worth it to do the whole experience, though I admit I go back and just watch Siegfried on the other weeks (can't do 4 weeks of the Ring).
I own a DVD set of this Ring production, and I always thought Siegfried looked like Bill Murray on the box. Not quite so much when I actually watched it, but amusing nonetheless.
Ueberragend. Jerusalem blickt auf ritterliche Ahnen zurueck, die einst als Kreuzritter gen Jerusalem zogen. Er war zuerst Instrumentalmusiker. Celibdace hoechst persoenlich empfahl ihm das Gesangsstudium.
I did a video 2011, with four Wagner arisa plus Nessun dorma, ( In one take) to find out if I still had a voice after the four Wagner arias.. Wagner fans, please listen to that, and comment , if you think I am "fit for Wagner" ... I am "karifrid" on youtube, and karifrid,Wagner is enough to find this... "Cover tenor" or "under study" , for O´Neill ?
This series has a stupid story. Moronic lines. The character development was absurd. But my god, it had maybe the best music ever written. Any modern movie soundtrack from Miklos Rozsa to John Williams draws its roots from the Ring Cycle.
