James Conlon, LA Opera's Richard Seaver Music Director, talks to Brian Lauritzen about Siegfried, exploring why Wagner took a seven-year break during its composition, what exactly makes its hero "heroic" and why the final duet is “the most extraordinary burst of optimism...the leap into the universe toward the sun, one of the most spine-chillingly ecstatic scenes I know in all of opera.”
Tenor John Treleaven returns to LA Opera in the title role of Siegfried, considered to be the most difficult role in the entire operatic repertoire. “You really can’t escape from the fact that you need to be able to sing as beautifully at the end of the opera as you do at the beginning.” In this podcast, he speaks with Brian Lauritzen about why Siegfried leads to sleepless nights, the tight-knit community of Wagnerian singers and a potential dream collaboration with Plácido Domingo.
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