ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Siegfried (opera)

Okay kiddo, have you heard of an opera before? It's like a really big musical play where people sing instead of talk. Well, Siegfried is one of the operas in a big group of operas called The Ring Cycle. This means that there are four different operas that all go together and tell a really long story.

Siegfried is all about a young guy named Siegfried who is supposed to be a hero. His dad died when he was little and his mom died too, so he's been raised by a guy named Mime. Mime is kind of a mean guy who wants Siegfried to do things for him and doesn't really care about Siegfried himself. But Siegfried doesn't like Mime very much and wants to get away from him.

There's also this magical sword called Nothung that Siegfried needs to find and use to defeat this evil dragon. The dragon is guarding a treasure that everyone wants, including Siegfried. But to get to the treasure, Siegfried has to go through fire and defeat a really powerful guy named Wotan.

There's a lot more to the story, but basically it's all about Siegfried becoming a hero and defeating all the bad guys. And of course, there's a lot of beautiful singing and music to go along with it.