Shropshire: Classical

Tuesday 31 March 2026

5:15pm

Old market Hall, Shrewsbury

Wagner: Siegfried

Andreas Schager: Siegfried
Peter Hoare: Mime
Christopher Maltman: The Wanderer
Elisabet Strid: Brünnhilde
Christopher Purves: Alberich
Soloman Howard: Fafner
Wiebke Lehmkuhl: Erda
Sarah Dufresne: Woodbird

Barrie Kosky: Director
Antonio Pappano: conductor

Raised by a scheming dwarf and unaware of his true family origins, a young man embarks on an epic journey. Soon, destiny brings him face-to-face with a shattered sword, a fearsome dragon and the cursed ring it guards, and a Valkyrie forced into enchanted slumber.

Moments of transcendent beauty and heroic triumph sparkle in the third chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle, brought to life under Barrie Kosky’s inspired eye following his spectacular Das Rheingold (2023) and Die Walküre (2025). Andreas Schager, in his much-anticipated debut with The Royal Opera, stars as Siegfried’s titular hero, alongside Christopher Maltman’s towering Wanderer, Peter Hoare’s treacherous Mime and Elisabet Strid’s radiant Brünnhilde. Antonio Pappano conducts, drawing out the unspoken tensions and ethereal mysticism of Wagner’s dynamic score.

Sung in German with subtitles

Tickets £18.00 (u18 £7.00) HERE