Theatre Reviews

Parsifal, Wagner’s final opera was produced in 1882 and this production starts with costumes of the time, but it then veers wildly off the story by treating the whole thing as if it were a Chekhov play. There is no spear, Kundry’s anguish is absent, but the singing was superb and Robin Ticciati worked wonders with the orchestra to give us a musical treat — see my review in The Article