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Ein rätselhaftes Sehen: Parsifal an der Oper Frankfurt

Jennifer Holloway (Kundry), Ian Koziara (Parsifal) und Nicholas Brownlee (Amfortas)
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Nicholas Brownlee (Amfortas)
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Ian Koziara (Parsifal) und Andreas Bauer Kanabas (Gurnemanz)
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Ian Koziara (Parsifal)
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Jennifer Holloway (Kundry) und Iain MacNeil (Klingsor)
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Ian Koziara (Parsifal) umringt von Klingsors Zaubermädchen und Chor
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Ian Koziara (Parsifal) und Jennifer Holloway (Kundry)
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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
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