Gergiev and the Mariinsky excel in Wagner's Parsifal at the Birmingham Symphony Hall

By Andrew H. King, 09 April 2012

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Reviewed at Symphony Hall, Birmingham on 6 April 2012

Wagner, Parsifal

Soloists from the Mariinsky Theatre

Mariinsky Theatre Chorus

Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra

Valery Gergiev, Conductor

Avgust Amonov, Parsifal

Larisa Gogolevskaya, Kundry

Evgeny Nikitin, Amfortas

Nikolai Putilin, Klingsor

Yuri Vorobiev, Gurnemanz

Ladies of Ex Cathedra

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Andrew H. King

Following training as a singer and conductor, Andrew is now completing a doctoral thesis on the life and songs of Sir Granville Bantock. Interests include English and American music, with an emphasis on opera, choral music and song. Andrew has been published in MUSO, Early Music, and by BBC Radio 3 and the BBC Proms.