Work: Parsifal

Digital projections make Opera Ballet Vlaanderen’s Parsifal seem alienating and strange, but the singing is terrific and the orchestra sounds sensational.

***11

Unhurried suspense in a very English Parsifal

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Peter Quantrill, 17 May

Compelling singers carry the day in the Glyndebourne Festival Opera's first staging of Wagner’s swansong.

****1

Neither hope nor salvation: a sombre Parsifal with much to say

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Orsolya Gyárfás, 01 Apr

Elīna Garanča's Kundry proves the star of Kirill Serebrennikov's prison staging of Parsifal, a powerful exploration of religion and violence.

***11

Bachtrack top ten: Richard Wagner

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Mark Pullinger, 22 May

Drawing on the concept of Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art), Wagner is best remembered for his extraordinary music dramas, not least the monumental, 15-hour Ring cycle.

Pierre Audi: thirty years of mythic mystery

Jenny Camilleri, 26 Feb

The director/producer of more than 400 operas tells us about La morte d'Orfeo, his last production before leaving for Aix in September, about Wagner, about working with the visual arts and more...