opera notebook
some operas I have seen on videoRichard Wagner, Parsifal (1882)
libretto by the composer
Hungarian State Opera, Budapest, 2022
- Conductor: Balázs Kocsár
- Director: András Almási-Tóth
- Set Designer: Sebastian Hannak
- Parsifal: István Kovácsházi
- Klingsor: Károly Szemerédy
- Kundry: Andrea Szántó
Sebastian Hannak's visual concept for this Parsifal is striking, offering a sterile postmodern interior that is at times invaded by the organic world. István Kovácsházi's unapologetically middle-aged Parsifal is shadowed by a mute character who embodies his heroic youth.