Cast:   

Siegfried ANDREAS SCHAGER 

Mime PETER HOARE 

Der Wanderer CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN 

Brünnhilde ELISABET STRID 

Alberich CHRISTOPHER PURVES 

Fafner SOLOMAN HOWARD 

Erda WIEBKE LEHMKUHL 

Woodbird SARAH DUFRESNE 

Creatives:  

Music RICHARD WAGNER  

Conductor ANTONIO PAPPANO 

Director BARRIE KOSKY 

Set Designer RUFUS DIDWISZUS 

Costume Designer VICTORIA BEHR 

Lighting Designer ALESSANDRO CARLETTI 

Synopsis:  

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. 

Cast:   

Pamina JULIA BULLOCK 

Tamino AMITAI PATI 

Papageno HUW MONTAGUE RENDALL 

Queen of the Night KATHRYN LEWEK 

Sarastro SOLOMAN HOWARD 

Monostatos GERHARD SIEGEL 

Creatives:  

Music WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 

Conductor MARIE JACQUOT 

Director DAVID MCVICAR 

Designer JOHN MACFARLANE 

Lighting Designer PAULE CONSTABLE 

Movement Director LEAH HAUSMAN 

Synopsis:  

Princess Pamina has been captured. Her mother, the Queen of the Night, tasks the young Prince Tamino with her daughter’s rescue. But when Tamino and his friendly sidekick, Papageno, embark on their adventure, they soon learn that when it comes to the quest for love, nothing is as it really seems. Guided by a magic flute, they encounter monsters, villains, and a mysterious brotherhood of men – but help, it turns out, comes when you least expect it. 

Mozart’s fantastical opera glitters in David McVicar’s enchanting production. A star cast including Julia Bullock as Pamina, Amitai Pati as Tamino, Huw Montague Rendall as Papageno, Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night, and Soloman Howard as Sarastro, led by French conductor Marie Jacquot in her Covent Garden debut.