First: The obvious (in German):<\/p>\n
Musikalische Leitung: Sylvain Cambreling
\nRegie: Calixto Bieito
\nB\u00fchne: Susanne Gschwender
\nKost\u00fcme: Merc\u00e8 Paloma
\nLicht: Reinhard Traub
\nChor und Kinderchor: Christoph Heil, Johannes Knecht
\nDramaturgie: Xavier Zuber<\/p>\n
Amfortas: Markus Marquardt
\nGurnemanz: Attila Jun
\nParsifal: Daniel Kirch
\nKlingsor: Tobias Schabel
\nKundry: Christiane Libor
\nTiturel: Matthias H\u00f6lle
\n1. Gralsritter: Heinz G\u00f6hrig
\n2. Gralsritter: Michael Nagl
\n1. Knappe: Josefin Feiler
\n2. Knappe: Esther Dierkes
\n3. Knappe: Torsten Hofmann
\n4. Knappe: Moritz Kallenberg
\n1.1. Blumenm\u00e4dchen: Josefin Feiler
\n1.2. Blumenm\u00e4dchen: Esther Dierkes
\n1.3. Blumenm\u00e4dchen: Fiorella Hincapi\u00e9
\n2.1. Blumenm\u00e4dchen: Mirella Bunoaica
\n2.2. Blumenm\u00e4dchen: Aoife Gibney
\n2.3. Blumenm\u00e4dchen \/ Stimme aus der H\u00f6he: Stine Marie Fischer
\nMit: Staatsopernchor Stuttgart, Zusatzchor, Kinderchor der Oper Stuttgart, Staatsorchester Stuttgart<\/p>\n
This was my fifth visit to this staging, I was there 8 years and 2 days ago (March 28th, 2010), when it premiered, again in April 2010, March 2011 and May 2013. and I will be there most probably, when the Staatsoper in Stuttgart will put it on their schedule again in the future. This for me is a must see, as it casts a different view on how to perceive Parsifal. I’ve written about that elsewhere, so I will not repeat that. Important for me w.r.t. this specific performance:<\/p>\n
Klingsor didn’t act as brutally with the flame-thrower as the Premiere-Cast.
\nGurnemanz is way more static in his movements then the Premiere-Cast.
\nParsifal lacks breath and a bit of humor, but still acts good.<\/p>\n
All in all, Bieito’s intensions and powerful message is still available, even after 8 years.<\/p>\n
Musically it didn’t stand Manfred Honeck’s Premiere, but this might not be attributed to Sylvain Cambreling. The Brass-Section during the last years in Stuttgart developed some “independence” from the director, they simply do NOT follow, what the director is indicating in their direction. And Cambreling does indicate a lot and easily consumable (I was sitting in Row 1, middle place, so directly behind him, and I could clearly see, what he did!). Also the Brass-section can NOT start pianissimo without an introductory “Pfft”. They are professionals, they should be able to do so. What a difference it was to hear that from the Berliner under Sir Simon less than a week ago. Also Jun was mainly loud, he lacked differentiation, and Kirch, as mentioned above, lacks some breath.<\/p>\n
So in total, staging still stunning and a must see, musically less convincing. Still, I’ve seen and heard worse, so overall a time well spent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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