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CEIS Northumbria University Reader/PGR Director Visiting Research Fellow Firebird finale by Stravinsky with composer conducting! The mythical Phoenix bird rises from the ashes Siegfried towards end Act II by Wagner with Metropolitan Opera, New York, and Siegfried Jerusalem The forest bird instructs Siegfried, firstly to claim the ring and the tarnhelm from the dragon's cave and secondly to beware of Mime who is going to try and poison him. Siegfried has just slain the dragon and Mime has only a few minutes left. Later the forest bird plays cupid, lining Siegfried up with a date with Brünnhilde. Now if Honey Buzzard could do this!! |
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