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Sunday, 24 April 2022

Watch Now: PARSIFAL: Hungarian State Opera



Streamed LIVE on OperaVision on 15 April 2022 at 19:00 CET and available until 15 October 2022: 


CAST
 Amfortas: Michele Kalmandy 
Titurel: István Rácz 
Gurnemanz: András Palerdi 
Parsifal: István Kovácsházi 
Klingsor: Károly Szemerédy 
Kundry: Andrea Szántó 
Pages: Eszter Zavaros, Anna Csenge Fürjes, Tivadar Kiss, Barna Bartos 
Flower maidens: Lilla Horti, Ildikó Megyimórecz, Lusine Sahakyan, Beatrix Fodor, Boglárka Brindás (student), Melinda Heiter, Bea Egyed, Laura Fehér, Virág Rovó P
arsifal’s mother / Voice from above: Judit Németh 
Grail knights: József Mukk, András Káldi Kiss 
Young Parsifal: Benjámin Taba 
Child Parsifal: Milos Katonka 
Chorus: Hungarian State Chorus 
Orchestra: Hungarian State Opera 
Music: Richard Wagner 
Conductor: Balázs Kocsár 
Director: András Almási-Tóth 
Set Designer: Sebastian Hannak 
Costume Designer: Lili Izsák 
Lighting Designer: Tamás Pillinger 
Choreographer: Dóra Barta 
Chorus Master: Gábor Csiki 
Dramaturg: Enikő Perczel 

March Issue Of The Wagner Journal Available Now


And a rather good one it is. Highly recommended - perhaps essential. It is worth buying for Justin Mueller's item on Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s classic 1982 film Parsifal - alone. Also includes:

Derek Hughes challenges the theory of a conspiracy of silence surrounding anti-Semitism in the Wagner circle

• Justin Mueller on Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s classic 1982 film Parsifal
• Chris Walton on the other Minna Wagner, an actress frequently confused with Wagner’s wife
• Roger Allen’s new translation of Wagner’s important essay ‘On the Destiny of Opera’
• Tribute to Norman Bailey by Niall Hoskin
• Christopher Wintle on Wotan’s offspring


plus reviews of: Stefan Herheim‘s Ring from Berlin, Richard Jones‘s Valkyrie from ENO, Tristan und Isolde in Mannheim, Die Meistersinger at the Met, the Wesendonck Lieder in London and The View from the Villa in Musselburgh; CDs featuring Lise Davidsen, Elīna Garanča and Anna Netrebko; a new study by Anno Mungen of Wieland Wagner‘s wartime productions, David Vernon‘s Disturbing the Universe: Wagner‘s Musikdrama and a revised edition of Paul Dawson-Bowling‘s Wagner: the Complete Experience and its Meaning to Us

www.thewagnerjournal.co.uk

Watch Now: The Complete Herheim' Directed Ring From Deutsche Oper Berlin


ARD 1 Has made the entire 2021 Deutsche Oper Berlin Ring Cycle available online, free. This will be until 13, July 2022. Act one of Walkure below as a taster. To watch the entire work, follow this link. For full cast and production details follow this link.

Monday, 17 January 2022

Watch Now: Die Walkure. Longborough Festival Opera 2021



Only available until 26, February 2022. Watch it, while you can

Following Longborough Festival Opera’s critically acclaimed Das Rheingold, Wagner’s epic tale of Der Ring des Nibelungen continues with Die Walküre, conducted by Longborough’s Music Director Anthony Negus,  semi-staged by Amy Lane. A predominantly British cast.


Siegmund: Peter Wedd
Sieglinde: Sarah Marie Kramer
Wotan: Paul Carey Jones
Fricka: Madeleine Shaw
Brünnhilde: Lee Bisset
Hunding: Brindley Sherratt
Gerhilde: Meeta Raval
Ortlinde: Cara McHardy
Waltraute: Flora McIntosh
Schwertleite: Rhonda Browne
Helmwige: Katie Lowe
Siegrune: Carolyn Dobbin
Grimgerde: Katie Stevenson
Rossweisse: Emma Lewis
Orchestra: Longborough Festival Orchestra

Music: Richard Wagner Conductor: Anthony Negus Director: Amy Lane Lighting Designer: Charlie Morgan Jones Choreographer: Lorena Randi Video Producer: Stagecast Assistant Conductor: Peter Selwyn Répétiteur: Kelvin Lim Language Coach: Dominik Dengler English subtitles: Sophie Rashbrook Head of casting: Malcolm Rivers in partnership with The Mastersingers Artistic Advisor: Isabel Murphy
Reduced orchestration: Francis Griffin