A Splendid Parsifal
Posted by Andrew Butcher on April 26th, 2006A SPLENDID PARSIFAL - Lindis Taylor, The Dominion Post
It is 16 years since the Festival last staged an opera by Wagner (the Master singers) apart from an NZSO concert version of Das Rhinegold in 1997 - much too long.
Wagner’s last opera has perhaps a misleading reputation for being heavygoing. Here, even without full staging , is a performance that is not just superb from every critical point of view, but is in turn rapturous, moving, thrilling and plain entertaining - all four and half hours of it. A real landmark in New Zealand’s musical development.
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