Ein rätselhaftes Sehen: Parsifal an der Oper Frankfurt

Jennifer Holloway (Kundry), Ian Koziara (Parsifal) und Nicholas Brownlee (Amfortas)

Nicholas Brownlee (Amfortas)

Ian Koziara (Parsifal) und Andreas Bauer Kanabas (Gurnemanz)

Ian Koziara (Parsifal)

Jennifer Holloway (Kundry) und Iain MacNeil (Klingsor)

Ian Koziara (Parsifal) umringt von Klingsors Zaubermädchen und Chor

Ian Koziara (Parsifal) und Jennifer Holloway (Kundry)

By Alexandra Richter, 26 May 2025

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“trotz des Ideenreichtums stockt die Handlung, tritt oft auf der Stelle”

Reviewed at Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main on 24 May 2025

Wagner, Parsifal

Oper Frankfurt

Thomas Guggeis, Conductor

Brigitte Fassbaender, Director

Johannes Leiacker, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Jan Hartmann, Lighting Designer

Opera Frankfurt Orchestra

Frankfurt Opera Chorus

Nicholas Brownlee, Amfortas

Iain MacNeil, Klingsor

Jennifer Holloway, Kundry

Ian Koziara, Parsifal

Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Gurnemanz

Kudaibergen Abildin, First knight of the Grail

Alfred Reiter, Titurel

Katharina Magiera, A voice from on high

Andrew Kim, Fourth squire

Andrew Bidlack, Third squire

Idil Kutay, First squire, Second Flowermaiden / Second Group

Božidar Smiljanić, Second knight of the Grail

Nina Tarandek, Second squire, Third Flowermaiden / Second Group

Nombulelo Yende, First Flowermaiden / First Group

Judita Nagyová, Second Flowermaiden / First Group

Julia Stuart, Third Flowermaiden / First Group

Clara Kim, First Flowermaiden / Second Group

It's party time onstage: Carl Nielsen's Maskarade at Oper Frankfurt

Kevin W Ng, 20th November

Carl Nielsen's Maskarade makes a welcome rare appearance, with a great time had by everyone onstage and off.

***11

Christof Loy’s Lonely Hearts Club at Oper Frankfurt

Mark Pullinger, 26th March

This is no Liederabend with singers taking their turn to file up to the piano. It’s a fully staged drama in which baritone Vladislav Sulimsky’s character reflects on his past loves and losses.

*****

Indomitable: Billy Budd in Frankfurt

Matthew Rye, 25th May

Oper Frankfurt's revival of Richard Jones's production of Billy Budd with a homegrown cast is a devastating combination of powerful music and searing drama.

*****

Words or music? Collaboration or resistance? A new Capriccio in Frankfurt

John Johnston, 24th January

Camilla Nylund’s rich, ample voice bloomed in the glorious setting of the sonnet, cosseted by burnished horn playing, in Strauss' unsurpassed operatic farewell to the soprano voice.

****1

Iain Paterson's Dutchman drops anchor in Frankfurt

John Johnston, 20th May

Iain Paterson's house debut as the Holländer was sufficient reason to drop anchor in the Main for this revival of David Bösch's 2015 production.

***11

A dark and stunning new Rigoletto

Ako Imamura, 28th April

Oper Frankfurt's new production of Rigoletto focuses on the dark side of the tragedy with excellent singing from the two principals.

****1

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Alexandra Richter

Alexandra hat Medienwissenschaften studiert und arbeitet als Filmproduzentin in Frankfurt. Tagsüber sind die Kunstausstellungen und Museen ganz Europas ihr zu Hause. Die Abende verbringt sie gern in der Oper und im Konzertsaal. Hier liegen ihre Schwerpunkte bei Romantischen Komponist*innen, wie Schubert und Wagner. Aber auch zeitgenössische und moderne Musik finden immer wieder Beachtung.