Rupert Christiansen was the opera critic and arts features writer for The Telegraph between 1995 and 2020. He is the author of several books of cultural history including Romantic Affinities, Paris ...
Celebrated German tenor Jonas Kaufmann takes to the stage in the title role of Richard Wagner’s late work Parsifal. Drawing on the timeless setting of a quest for the Holy Grail, this story follows a ...
(The) Ring - An Orchestral Adventure Richard Wagner, Composer Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Edo de Waart, Conductor Parsifal, Movements: Orchestral Quest (arr Vlieger) Edo de Waart, ...
The bass is singing Gurnemanz in Wagner’s epic final opera. How do you get to grips with the challenges of such a demanding role – and still not get the best dressing room? I’m singing in a Wagner ...
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Wagner’s final opera comes to Glyndebourne this week. Why will the composer and his wife be turning in their graves? Michael Downes looks at the family’s attempts to keep Parsifal in Bayreuth When ...
While Wagner’s final opera traditionally commands the best from the greatest musicians of any era, the visual presentation of Parsifal grows ever more discursive due to the story’s open-ended ...
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Bayreuth stage director Uwe Eric Laufenberg talks about festival scandals and his production on opening day, July 25. "Parsifal" is particularly interesting in times of widespread religious ...
A live recording of Parsifal from the BBC Proms in 2013 takes The Hallé one step nearer a complete Wagner opera cycle on disc. In the spacious acoustic of the Royal Albert Hall the music assumes a ...
Daniel Barenboim, when I spoke to him before his Sydney tour last year, gave a very good definition of compassion as a “moral attitude” when he was discussing the seemingly intractable conflict ...
Melbourne Opera announced its 2027 season featuring four full-scale productions, including a new staging of Richard Wagner's ...
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