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This new production of Wagner’s last opera, his mythical masterpiece Parsifal, caused a worldwide sensation after its premiere in Berlin. Both, musical performance and staging, were recognized as outstanding. The cast is impregnated with stars, starting in the orchestra pit of the Staatsoper Berlin with its music director Daniel Barenboim to the squad of singers with modern Wagner references like René Pape, Matthias Hölle or Anja Kampe. The production by star director Dmitri Tcherniakov is bursting with special effects, shifts the plot to a war zone and shows references to the world religions as well as esoteric moments. It also stands out for its provocation and, not least of all, creates an enormous scenic tension, which reinterprets Wagner’s Parsifal and makes it seem burningly topical. Reviews Gramophone Magazine October 2016 “Musically it’s first-class…the casting is pretty much ideal and all deliver superbly. Kampe proves with her gleaming high notes that this role needs a soprano…[Schager] has both weight and lyricism. Pape now colours more committedly than in previous recordings of the role; Koch and Tómasson also do very well MusicWeb International October 20160 “A fresh take on the opera that will challenge and provoke you. Opera February 2017 “Daniel Barenboim’s conducting – patient, serious and drawing beautiful playing from the Staatskapelle – is a good match for Tcherniakov’s concentrated, melancholy vision of the work. It’s beautifully shot, too. New York Times 24th November 2016 “Tcherniakov has established himself as one of our most important directors of opera, and this foray into Wagner shows why, with its mix of respect for the drama and its traditions, and its innovative ideas…A must for anyone with Wagnerian inclinations. |