Royal Opera

Siegfried

In Cinemas 2, 3 & 6 May 2026
Conductor
Antonio Pappano
Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Cast
Andreas Schager (Siegfried), Peter Hoare (Mime), Christopher Maltman (Der Wanderer), Elisabet Strid (Brünnhilde), Christopher Purves (Alberich), Soloman Howard (Fafner), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (Erda), Sarah Dufresne (Woodbird)
Composer
Richard Wagner
Director
Barrie Kosky
Set Design
Rufis Didwiszus
Duration
Approx. 5h30 tbc
Sung in German, with English subtitles.
Captured live from Covent Garden, London, 31 Mar 2025

Opera in three acts (1857)

New Production! 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.

Patrons please note: Online sales for this production are not presently available for sessions at Palace Cinemas (VIC, NSW, ACT, QLD, WA), however, advance tickets for these venues can now be purchased in persona at the box office. In TAS, this production is yet to go on sale but will screen at State Cinema Hobart at the regular screening times of 11am Sat and 1pm Wed.

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The Royal Opera is one of the world’s leading opera companies. Based in London’s iconic Royal Opera House (1858) in Covent Garden, it is renowned both for its outstanding performances of traditional opera and for commissioning new works by today’s leading opera composers, such as Harrison Birtwistle, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Thomas Adès.

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