Parsifal an der Wiener Staatsoper: und es ward Licht im Gralsgefängnis

Klaus Florian Vogt (Parsifal)

Nikolay Sidorenko (Der damalige Parsifal) und Klaus Florian Vogt (Parsifal)

Franz-Josef Selig (Gurnemanz) und Gerald Finley (Amfortas)

Werner Van Mechelen (Klingsor) und Jennifer Holloway (Kundry)

By Snapdragon, 07 April 2026

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“insbesondere die Stimme von Vogt strahlt noch durch die dicksten Klangschichten wie das Gralslicht”

Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 5 April 2026

Wagner, Parsifal

Vienna State Opera

Axel Kober, Conductor

Kirill Serebrennikov, Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Franck Evin, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Aleksei Fokin, Video

Yurii Karih, Video

Evgeny Kulagin, Ko-Regie

Sergio Morabito, Dramaturgy

Gerald Finley, Amfortas

Jennifer Holloway, Kundry

Klaus Florian Vogt, Parsifal

Franz-Josef Selig, Gurnemanz

Werner Van Mechelen, Klingsor

Matheus França, Titurel

Ileana Tonca, First Flowermaiden / First Group

Ilia Staple, First Flowermaiden / Second Group

Maria Zherebiateva, Second Flowermaiden / First Group

Jenni Hietala, Second Flowermaiden / Second Group

Anna Bondarenko, Third Flowermaiden / First Group

Isabel Signoret, Third Flowermaiden / Second Group

Florentina Serles, First squire

Daria Sushkova, Second squire

Andrew Turner, Third squire

Adrian Autard, Fourth squire

Carlos Osuna, First knight of the Grail

Alexander Ilvakhin, Second knight of the Grail

Ran Arthur Braun, Fight Director

Nikolay Sidorenko, Actor

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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.

Und es ward Licht im Gralsgefängnis: Parsifal an der Wiener Staatsoper