Siegfried - Act 1, Scene 3 ("Hoho! Hohei! Schmiede, mein Hammer...Den der Bruder schuf")

Conclusion of the first act of "Siegfried," with Siegfried Jerusalem in the title role and Heinz Zednik as Mime. James Levine leads the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in this 1990 production directed by Otto Schenk.

[@hefeibao]

The sheer manliness of this scene made me fall in rapture with the Ring cycle, and helped make Siegfried my favorite opera. Epic!

[@theresaq8321]

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.

[@alleviation91]

@@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.

[@616Corwyn616]

My brain during an an exam: Hoho! Hahi! Hoho! Hahi! Joke, got here a bit randomly but somehow love it

[@lilathesweet]

Best Siegfried ever! He was born to play this role.

[@zoltankelemen]

nomen est omen :)

[@jonathaneduard7588]

And best Loge too!

[@ColonelFredPuntridge]

@@jonathaneduard7588 I think Heinz Zednik, who plays Mime here, was better as Loge than Siegfried Jerusalem was.

[@Mase251]

@@ColonelFredPuntridge exactly, Zednik was the best Loge/Mime ever!

[@ColonelFredPuntridge]

@@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.

[@stephengould4343]

He was one of the very very few modern singers who can sing and act the part properly. No shortage of singers who look the part but can't sing it...

[@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiivy]

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.

[@sedtamensum]

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.

[@xanderwassenaar3282]

Im not a particular fan of the interpretation though i’ve grown used to solti’s recording so i have been a bit spoiled

[@bibu244]

Breathtaking! Best Siegfried

[@chomasc93]

what a great Siegfried

[@leofcpm]

That last "Nothung neidlisches Schwert" line was simply outstanding! Jerusalem brought the house down with that one.

[@tryexceptions1025]

But why did they translate "neidlishes" as "trusty"?

[@sauronpwbr9283]

​@@tryexceptions1025just shitty translation as usual.

[@azcoyote2]

Simply magnificent. My God he had the voice and the luxe and the talent.Heinz is equally incredible, and was the greatest Mime of his generation.

[@JWP452]

THIS was an awesome Siegfried.

[@makerofjam]

Mime looks like Liszt...

[@sebastianmelmoth685]

LOL - so mean!!!

[@adriand6883]

I must be honest, this comment made me laugh!

[@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiivy]

This is more so on the box than when actually watching the opera, but Siegfried looks a bit like Bill Murray.

[@ingemayodon5128]

How right you are, I think so too.

[@paulouzaijunior]

🤣🤣

[@flaviusaetius8358]

I always found it scary that mime raised Siegfried just to kill him and get the ring

[@JesusMartinez-qk9hr]

Toll!!!!!!!!! Grandios!!!!!!!! Wunderbar!!!!!!!!

[@ingemayodon5128]

Sagenhaft, Danke vielmals!

[@ImInLoveWithBulla]

You can hear the moment Bernard Hermann decided to make music when he quenches the blade.

[@muscledcowboy]

verdienter Applaus!

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Wow! The Ring with real scenery! In the days before the creaking Machine!

[@josdav5795]

sehr toll!

[@indigophanta8288]

One day I wish to go see the whole of the ring cycle

[@hefeibao]

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).

[@indigophanta8288]

@@hefeibao Haha, fair enough. It's a very long story.

[@janetmiller8723]

I was fortunate to watch the entire Ring in Seattle on the late 1970s. Marvellous!

[@tryexceptions1025]

Have you done already? )

[@taehankim154]

Bravissimo

[@Alexam887]

Terrific!

[@WotansSpeer]

There's no better Mime! Zednik reigns!

[@michaweinst3774]

I would say that after Gerhard Stolze and (perhaps) Erwin Wohlfahrt, Heinz Zednik and Graham Clark were the only great Mimes.

[@Felipe.Taboada.]

And paul kuen.

[@zoltankelemen]

​@@michaweinst3774 and Gerhard Siegel is great too

[@kunsuker]

Peter Haage is also great, not so much as Gerhard Stolze.

[@tuxedomask6772]

Authentisch! 💪

[@jefolson6989]

I love the sound of testosterone!

[@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiivy]

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.

[@ericrachut4207]

...now that you mention it....

[@romearomeo]

Sublime!

[@lidianajdowska985]

Kiedy nareszcie będzie możliwość wstawiania serduszek? Uwielbiam tą inscenizację! Jest genialnie odegrana!

[@TempodiPiano]

The Scherzo of the Ring !

[@Frederickvilla87]

hi, can you upload the complete opera? thanks

[@helmutdienstmann9696]

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.

[@peterlambert5130]

I am going to a showing of Siegfried later this week. Can anyone help me find a pdf of the words in English? Thanks

[@SpecialtyHorseTraining]

I listened to all 16 hours of the Ring Cycle. This is the only song I like. And this is the only version I like.

[@nickroberts1596]

Mime is Miracle Max!

[@beetlejuus]

*There used to be a much longer version of this clip on KZbin.* Do you know where it went, or where I can find the longer version of this song?

[@cadoganwest6768]

Are those Syphilis lesions on Mime? What has he been up to?

[@nicholasprakash3411]

😂

[@ericrachut4207]

Hanging out in Nieblungenheim?

[@borealsullivan5486]

Pretty sure those are simple warts

[@wolliveryoutube]

"Where is the loving wife of Mime...?" Siegfried himself is asking that same question!

[@Muttonchop_USA]

Monkeypox

[@dimakauffman]

Titanic!

[@rwagner83]

It's true!

[@TVDandTrueBlood]

0:22

[@KmT81]

Wasnt Mime who crafted the Balmung sword for him to fight the dragon?

[@denifnaf5874]

This is 16 years later when the sword is being repaired Probably

[@Frederickvilla87]

but this same version with siegfried jerusalem

[@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiivy]

Copyright probably prevents this, but if you're curious this is the 1990, Met Opera production, conducted by James Levine.

[@orthoff123]

So muß Wagner aussehen! Nicht das neumodische Zeug...

[@jojo9999star]

orthoff123 Ganz meine Meinung. Die Bayreuther Inszenierungen sind für die Mülltonne

[@JesusMartinez-qk9hr]

Einverstanden!!!!!!!!

[@karifrid]

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 ?

[@ImInLoveWithBulla]

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.

[@regenbogenritter8548]

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