The Berlin Wall was breached on the night of November 9th, 1989. The German Democratic Republic was done. East Berliners poured through the suddenly opened border, stood on top of the “Anti-Fascist ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Wagner’s enigmatic final work returns to the War Memorial Opera House stage in a ...

Robin Ticciati and the London Philharmonic Orchestra are back with an "enthralling 'Parsifal' that is well paced, beautifully balanced and with a palpable feel for Wagner's many-layered, floating ...

The ultimate anguish: John Relyea as Gurnemanz, Audun Iversen as Amfortas, Daniel Johansson as Parsifal and Kristina Starek as KundryBill Knight for The Arts Desk Besides, Mijnssen doesn't really ...

It might be thought a touch hubristic, not to say risky, to add new layers of mystery to a work as notoriously enigmatic as Wagner’s Parsifal. In fact, Jetske Mijnssen’s revelatory production ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Back in 1934, John Christie’s idea of starting an opera festival deep in the English countryside must have ...

When John Christie launched Glyndebourne back in 1934, he intended to create an English Bayreuth; instead, he was persuaded to begin with Mozart. Wagner eventually arrived with successful productions ...

Three ‘firsts’ mark this production of Wagner’s final opera Parsifal at Glyndebourne. This is the first time the production has ever been staged at Glyndebourne, it marks the directorial debut at the ...

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He has appeared more frail since 2022, canceling scheduled performances that included a new production of Wagner's Ring Cycle in Berlin. “I am planning to maintain as many of my professional ...