What is "sigurd"

Sigurd is a Scandinavian male name.

People with the name:

• Sigurd (name)

In art and literature:

• Sigurd (opera), an opera by Ernest Reyer
• The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs, an epic poem by William Morris

Other uses:

• Sigurd, Utah, a town in Sevier County, Utah, United States
• Sigurd, the main character from the first generation from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
• Kamen Rider Sigurd, a New Generation Rider from Kamen Rider Gaim

Sigurd is an opera in four acts and nine scenes by the French composer Ernest Reyer on a libretto by Camille du Locle and Alfred Blau. Like Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung, the story is based on the Nibelungenlied and the Eddas, with some crucial differences from the better known Wagnerian version (the role of the supernatural is limited and replaced in large part by fate; the initial version of the libretto with a prologue set in heaven was later cut out). The whole opera can best be described as an epic with techniques of the grand opera.

Initially sketched out in 1862 (and virtually completed in draft by 1867), the work waited many years before it was performed in full. Orchestration of various fragments progressed much more slowly, and as they were completed, they were sometimes performed at various concerts. Initial attempts at staging the work at the Paris Opéra failed, therefore the opera had its world premiere in the Théatre de la Monnaie in Brussels on 7 January 1884 (directed by Alexandre Lapissida). Within a year it was also performed with great success in Covent Garden, Lyon, Monte Carlo and, finally, at the Paris Opéra on 12 June 1885, (directed there by Raoul Lapissida).

In America, the opera was first performed on 24 December 1891 at the French Opera House in New Orleans, and the Teatro alla Scala in Milan performed it in 1894. Since then it has had periodic revivals (but only in France or Monaco); then, after World War II, it was staged in 1963 and 1995 at the Opéra de Marseille (the last one with Alberto Cupido in the title role). The opera was also performed in 1973 in concert at studio 104 of the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF) in Paris ( Manuel Rosenthal was conducting; performance was recorded) and in 1993 at Festival de Radio France et Montpellier.

Sigurd ( Old Norse: ) is a legendary hero of Norse mythology, as well as the central character in the Völsunga saga. The earliest extant representations for his legend come in pictorial form from seven runestones in Sweden and most notably the Ramsund carving (c. 1000) and the Gök Runestone (11th century).

As Siegfried, he is one of the heroes in the German , and Richard Wagner's operas and .

As Sivard Snarensven(d) he was the hero of several medieval Scandinavian ballads.

The name is not the same name as the German . The Old Norse form of would have been . is a variant form of . These name forms all share the first element , which means victory (as do the German and Dutch ).

Sigurd or Sigur (Pronounced the same) is a Scandinavian male name - mainly used in Norway, derived from the Old Norse Sigurðr (from sigr "victory" and varðr "guardian"). Another form of this name is Sigvard.

Sigurd may refer to:

Several figures from Norse mythology and legend:

• Sigurd, a hero from the Völsunga Saga
• Sigurd Hring, the legendary Danish king and father of Ragnar Lodbrok
• Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, the Viking warlord and son of Ragnar Lodbrok

Several Norwegian monarchs:

• Sigurd Hart, a king of Ringarike and contemporary of Halfdan the Black
• Sigurd Syr, petty king of Ringarike and father of Harald III of Norway
• King Sigurd I of Norway
• King Sigurd II of Norway

Several Jarls of Orkney:

• Sigurd Eysteinsson, Jarl in the late 9th century
• Sigurd Hlodvirsson, Jarl of Orkney (circa 991-1014), killed at the Battle of Clontarf

A number of pretenders to the Norwegian throne:

• Sigurd Slembe
• Sigurd Markusfostre
• Sigurd Magnusson

Other figures from Scandinavian history:

• Sigurd Haakonsson (circa 895-962), Earl of Lade
• Saint Sigurd of Växjö, also known as Sigfrid
• Siward, Earl of Northumbria, whose Danish name was Sigurd
• Sigurd Jonsson of Sudreim, Regent of Norway on two occasions in the 15th century. Offered the throne in 1448, but declined.

In music:

• Sigurd, one of the two guitarists and founding members of the blackened death metal band Belphegor
• Sigurd Wongraven, better known as Satyr, lead singer and guitarist of Norwegian black metal band Satyricon

In science:

• Sigurd Angenent, Dutch mathematician