Watch Now: PARSIFAL: Hungarian State Opera

Streamed LIVE on OperaVision on 15 April 2022 at 19:00 CET and available until 15 October 2022: 

CAST

 Amfortas: Michele Kalmandy 

Titurel: István Rácz 

Gurnemanz: András Palerdi 

Parsifal: István Kovácsházi 

Klingsor: Károly Szemerédy 

Kundry: Andrea Szántó 

Pages: Eszter Zavaros, Anna Csenge Fürjes, Tivadar Kiss, Barna Bartos 

Flower maidens: Lilla Horti, Ildikó Megyimórecz, Lusine Sahakyan, Beatrix Fodor, Boglárka Brindás (student), Melinda Heiter, Bea Egyed, Laura Fehér, Virág Rovó P

arsifal’s mother / Voice from above: Judit Németh 

Grail knights: József Mukk, András Káldi Kiss 

Young Parsifal: Benjámin Taba 

Child Parsifal: Milos Katonka 

Chorus: Hungarian State Chorus 

Orchestra: Hungarian State Opera 

Music: Richard Wagner 

Conductor: Balázs Kocsár 

Director: András Almási-Tóth 

Set Designer: Sebastian Hannak 

Costume Designer: Lili Izsák 

Lighting Designer: Tamás Pillinger 

Choreographer: Dóra Barta 

Chorus Master: Gábor Csiki 

Dramaturg: Enikő Perczel 

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March Issue Of The Wagner Journal Available Now

And a rather good one it is. Highly recommended - perhaps essential. It is worth buying for Justin Mueller's item on Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s classic 1982 film Parsifal - alone. Also includes:

Derek Hughes challenges the theory of a conspiracy of silence surrounding anti-Semitism in the Wagner circle

• Justin Mueller on Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s classic 1982 film Parsifal
• Chris Walton on the other Minna Wagner, an actress frequently confused with Wagner’s wife
• Roger Allen’s new translation of Wagner’s important essay ‘On the Destiny of Opera’
• Tribute to Norman Bailey by Niall Hoskin
• Christopher Wintle on Wotan’s offspring


plus reviews of: Stefan Herheim‘s Ring from Berlin, Richard Jones‘s Valkyrie from ENO, Tristan und Isolde in Mannheim, Die Meistersinger at the Met, the Wesendonck Lieder in London and The View from the Villa in Musselburgh; CDs featuring Lise Davidsen, Elīna Garanča and Anna Netrebko; a new study by Anno Mungen of Wieland Wagner‘s wartime productions, David Vernon‘s Disturbing the Universe: Wagner‘s Musikdrama and a revised edition of Paul Dawson-Bowling‘s Wagner: the Complete Experience and its Meaning to Us

www.thewagnerjournal.co.uk

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Watch Now: The Complete Herheim' Directed Ring From Deutsche Oper Berlin

ARD 1 Has made the entire 2021 Deutsche Oper Berlin Ring Cycle available online, free. This will be until 13, July 2022. Act one of Walkure below as a taster. To watch the entire work, follow this link. For full cast and production details follow this link.

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Watch Now: Die Walkure. Longborough Festival Opera 2021

Only available until 26, February 2022. Watch it, while you can

Following Longborough Festival Opera’s critically acclaimed Das Rheingold, Wagner’s epic tale of Der Ring des Nibelungen continues with Die Walküre, conducted by Longborough’s Music Director Anthony Negus,  semi-staged by Amy Lane. A predominantly British cast.

Siegmund: Peter Wedd

Sieglinde: Sarah Marie Kramer

Wotan: Paul Carey Jones

Fricka: Madeleine Shaw

Brünnhilde: Lee Bisset

Hunding: Brindley Sherratt

Gerhilde: Meeta Raval

Ortlinde: Cara McHardy

Waltraute: Flora McIntosh

Schwertleite: Rhonda Browne

Helmwige: Katie Lowe

Siegrune: Carolyn Dobbin

Grimgerde: Katie Stevenson

Rossweisse: Emma Lewis

Orchestra: Longborough Festival Orchestra

Music: Richard Wagner Conductor: Anthony Negus Director: Amy Lane Lighting Designer: Charlie Morgan Jones Choreographer: Lorena Randi Video Producer: Stagecast Assistant Conductor: Peter Selwyn Répétiteur: Kelvin Lim Language Coach: Dominik Dengler English subtitles: Sophie Rashbrook Head of casting: Malcolm Rivers in partnership with The Mastersingers Artistic Advisor: Isabel Murphy

Reduced orchestration: Francis Griffin

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