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Wagner: Parsifal
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; François Girard; Metropolitan Opera; Michael Levine; Thibault Vancraenenbroeck; David Finn; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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Le Vaisseau fantôme à Québec : pour l’œil avant tout

La première du nouveau Vaisseau fantôme au Festival d'opéra de Québec charme par la proposition scénique originale de François Girard mais déçoit beaucoup sur le plan vocal et orchestral.

François Girard’s Holländer returns to the Met

Tomasz Konieczny (Holländer) and Elza van den Heever (Senta) © Ken Howard | Met Opera

Tomasz Konieczny, as the enigmatic mariner condemned to sail the seas forever, heads a superb cast in this Met Opera revival of François Girard’s murky production of Wagner’s early masterpiece.

Girard's Lohengrin: old-fashioned Wagner makes a return to the Met

Günther Groissböck (Heinrich) © Marty Sohl | Met Opera
The Met's new Lohengrin descends into old-fashioned hilarity, despite an excellent cast. 

François Girard's new Fliegende Holländer disappoints at The Met

François Girard’s production presents the moody, stormy atmosphere of Norwegian seascapes with stunning visuals, but offers few fresh ideas on the doomed love between the Dutchman and Senta.

Suffering, transcendence, redemption: Parsifal at The Met

The Met’s production of Wagner’s Parsifal is a harrowing affair, entrancing in its refusal to charm. 

The music redeems unanswered questions in the Met's beautiful new Parsifal

Before the music in the Metropolitan Opera’s new Parsifal starts, a black but reflective curtain drapes the front of the stage. It is dim enough not quite to show the audience, but it picks out the chandeliers.