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The time has come: Jonas Kaufmann conquers Sydney as Parsifal

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“I was, however, equally captivated by Kwangchul Youn’s mesmerising performance as Gurnemanz”
Reviewed at Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall, Sydney on 9 August 2017
Wagner, Parsifal (Concert performance)
Opera Australia
Pinchas Steinberg, Conductor
Jonas Kaufmann, Parsifal
Michelle DeYoung, Kundry
Michael Honeyman, Amfortas
Warwick Fyfe, Klingsor
Kwangchul Youn, Gurnemanz
David Parkin, Titurel
Stacey Alleaume, First Flowermaiden / First Group
Anna Dowsley, First Flowermaiden / First Group, Second squire
Eva Kong, First Flowermaiden / First Group, First squire
Julie Lea Goodwin, First Flowermaiden / First Group
Dominica Matthews, First Flowermaiden / First Group
Dean Bassett, First knight of the Grail
Graeme Macfarlane, Fourth squire
Simon Kim, Third squire
Adrian Tamburini, Second knight of the Grail
Opera Australia Chorus
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