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Now you see it, now you don’t: Parsifal without the hocus-pocus in Lower Bavaria

Peter Tilch (Amfortas), Stephan Bootz (Gurnemanz)
© Peter Litvai
Hans-Georg Wimmer (Parsifal) and Flowermaidens
© Peter Litvai
Hans-Georg Wimmer (Parsifal) and Flowermaidens
© Peter Litvai
Peter Tilch (Amfortas), Stephan Bootz (Gurnemanz), Hans-Georg Wimmer (Parsifal)
© Peter Litvai
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“the positive, humanistic force of his vision is carried by the sturdy confidence of his male leads”
Reviewed at Stadttheater Landshut im Theaterzelt, Landshut on 4 April 2026
Wagner, Parsifal
Landestheater Niederbayern
Basil Coleman, Conductor
Stefan Tilch, Director
Thomas Dörfler, Set Designer
Ursula Beutler, Costume Designer
Niederbayerische Philharmonie
Opernchor des Landestheaters Niederbayern
Peter Tilch, Amfortas
Stephan Bootz, Gurnemanz
Hans Georg Wimmer, Parsifal
Kyung Chun Kim, Klingsor
Yamina Maamar, Kundry
Youngkug Jin, Titurel
William Diggle, First knight of the Grail
Oscar Marin-Reyes, Second knight of the Grail
Emily Fultz, First squire, First Flowermaiden / First Group
Reinhild Buchmayer, Second squire
Stefan Metzger, Third squire
John Gencarelli, Fourth squire
Theresa Krügl, Second Flowermaiden / First Group
Sabine Noack, Third Flowermaiden / First Group
Natasha Sallès, First Flowermaiden / Second Group
Reka Szabo, Second Flowermaiden / Second Group
Alina Behning, Third Flowermaiden / Second Group
Sunny Prasch, Choreography
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