Parsifal in Augmented Reality at the Bayreuth Festival

Elīna Garanča (Kundry)

Georg Zeppenfeld (Gurnemanz)

Jordan Shanahan (Klingsor)

Klingsor's Magic Garden (Act 2)

Georg Zeppenfeld (Gurnemanz) and Andreas Schager (Parsifal)

Andreas Schager (Parsifal) and Elīna Garanča (Kundry)

Derek Welton (Amfortas)

By Snapdragon, 01 August 2023

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“the star of the evening was Elīna Garanča”

Reviewed at Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Bayreuth on 30 July 2023

Wagner, Parsifal

Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor

Jay Scheib, Director

Mimi Lien, Set Designer

Meentje Nielsen, Costume Designer

Rainer Casper, Lighting Designer

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Bayreuth Festival Chorus

Joshua Higgason, Video

Marlene Schleicher, Dramaturgy

Andreas Schager, Parsifal

Elīna Garanča, Kundry

Derek Welton, Amfortas

Jordan Shanahan, Klingsor

Georg Zeppenfeld, Gurnemanz

Tobias Kehrer, Titurel

Evelin Novak, First Flowermaiden / First Group

Camille Schnoor, Second Flowermaiden / First Group

Margaret Plummer, Third Flowermaiden / First Group, Second squire

Julia Grüter, First Flowermaiden / Second Group

Betsy Horne, Second Flowermaiden / Second Group, First squire

Marie-Henriette Reinhold, Third Flowermaiden / Second Group, A voice from on high

Jorge Rodríguez-Norton, Third squire

Garrie Davislim, Fourth squire

Siyabonga Maqungo, First knight of the Grail

Jens-Erik Aasbø, Second knight of the Grail

Eberhard Friedrich, Choirmaster / chorus director

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Snapdragon

Snapdragon is an experienced concert- and opera-goer in Vienna and other music metropoles. Musical emphases include opera (especially Baroque opera) and piano music. As an Austrian native, Snapdragon can’t resist an operetta every now and then.

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