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The gold ring glittering in the Rhine has magical power…
A fantasy opera of love and adventures over the mysterious ring

Synopsis
The Valkyries, informed by the sound of a siren that Fafner is in battle, rush to the site of fighting. Brünnhilde faces Fafner with Nothung, her father Wotan’s sword, but the sword is broken. Wotan then appears and drives away Fafner. Infuriated at the sight of the sword that has been broken into two pieces, however, he sentences Brünnhilde to a long sleep as punishment. Nothung is a sacred sword that shows its power only in the hands of a dauntless hero. Siegfried, who is traveling aimlessly, is shown a picture of a sleeping girl by Waldvogel and soon falls in love with her. He makes up his mind to wake her up. And together with a small bird, he heads for the Rhine to obtain the mysterious ring that is possessed by the Rhinemaidens with the aim of dedicating it to the girl. The ring has been stolen by Fafner, however. Wotan appears in front of the disheartened Siegfried. The ruler of the gods regrets that he has inflicted too harsh a penalty on his daughter. The bird introduces the two to each other. Wotan recognizes immediately that Siegfried is no ordinary young man, and handing the fragments of his sword to Siegfried, he secretly expects something…

Brünnhilde
Daughter of Wotan and one of the female warrior Valkyries
She provokes her father’s wrath and is put to sleep. Her figure is painted as a sleeping girl.

Siegfried
Brave young man
He wanders through various countries in search for that which he lacks. Discovered by Wotan, he tempers Nothung again and goes on a journey of adventure.

Wotan
Father of Brünnhilde, he has profound intelligence. He sentences his daughter, who has broken a promise, to sleep and entrusts her to the future hero, Siegfried.

Waldvogel
Mysterious creature that tells Siegfried of the story of the ring and entices him to adventure.

Fafner
Coarse, wicked giant. He takes the ring by force and uses a Tarnhelm, a magic hood, to turn himself into a huge dragon in order to guard the ring.

Die drei Rheintöchter
Water nymphs living in the river Rhine

Drei Walküren
Warrior daughters of Wotan, the Valkyries are at the beck and call of Wotan.

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The Adventures of Siegfried is a one-act opera based on the story of Siegfried, the hero who appears in Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) by the German composer Richard Wagner. Opera is a drama in which the story is expressed in music, consisting mainly of songs sung by the characters.
The story is a fantasy of mystery and adventure based on the ring legend, which comes to us through European tradition.
Beautiful and magnificent music, live performance by an orchestra, overwhelming power of singers who sing without microphones, impassioned acting in front of the audience, effects of stage settings that unfold one after another---all these combine to lead to the moving denouement of the story in which love is extolled. An operatic version of the story of the ring is full of highlights. The New National Theatre, Tokyo, Japan’s first opera house, will devote all its energies to delivering a work of adventure filled with operatic charm. The NNTT hopes that together with their families and friends, interested elementary and junior high school students will enjoy their first opera experience as part of the audience of the theatre during the summer vacation this year.