Bayreuth welcomes a new Parsifal

Par Matthew Rye, 03 août 2016

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“Zeppenfeld’s Gurnemanz was a masterclass in clear enunciation, opulent bass tone and vocal charisma”

Critique faite à Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, le 2 août 2016

Wagner, Parsifal

Hartmut Haenchen, Direction

Uwe Eric Laufenberg, Mise en scène

Gisbert Jäkel, Décors

Jessica Karge, Costumes

Ryan McKinny, Amfortas

Georg Zeppenfeld, Gurnemanz

Andreas Schager, Parsifal

Gerd Grochowski, Klingsor

Elena Pankratova, Kundry

Karl-Heinz Lehner, Titurel

Tansel Akzeybek, Premier chevalier du Graal

Timo Riihonen, Deuxième chevalier du Graal

Alexandra Steiner, Premier écuyer

Mareike Morr, Deuxième écuyer

Charles Kim, Troisième écuyer

Stefan Heibach, Quatrième écuyer

Orchestre du Festival de Bayreuth

Chœur du Festival de Bayreuth

Reinhard Traub, Lumières

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Matthew Rye

Matthew read music at Oxford and worked in music journalism for 30 years as a writer, critic and editor. He wrote numerous programme and CD booklet notes, spent 13 years as a Daily Telegraph critic, worked at BBC Music Magazine and was reviews editor of The Strad. He also wrote for The Wagner Journal and Opera and blogged at ferneklang.blogspot.co.uk. He was general editor of 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die (Cassell Illustrated, 2007) and was the author of a new series of eBooks, Masterpieces of Music (Erudition).

Time becomes space: Bayreuth welcomes a new Parsifal