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NEW YORK - Deborah Voigt has withdrawn from this spring’s new production of Wagner’s “Siegfried” at the Vienna State Opera, which would have been the soprano’s role debut as Bruennhilde.

When the cycle was announced in October 2004, Voigt was to have sung two of the three Bruennhilde roles, but in December 2006 she said she had pulled out of “Goetterdaemmerung” because she wasn’t ready for the part.

Voigt’s spokesman, Glenn Petry, said Friday the singer had chosen to postpone the role. Voigt is being replaced in “Siegfried” by Nina Stemme, according to the Vienna State Opera’s Web site. The production, directed by Sven-Eric Bechtolf, opens April 27.

The Metropolitan Opera has cast Voigt to sing Bruennhilde in its new Ring Cycle, directed by Robert LePage. The production begins with “Das Rheingold” on the opening night of the 2010-11 season, followed by “Die Walkuere” in the spring of 2011, “Siegfried” in the fall of 2011 and “Goetterdaemmerung” in January 2012.

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