Parsifal, Royal Opera, October 2026
Posted on 3 October 2026Vociferous boos greeted the production team at the end. The likely reason was that Parsifal had just stabbed Amfortas to death with the sacred spear, though they might also have objected to the Valkyrie-like representation of the Flower Maidens. But under the baton of Jakub Hruša this was musically sublime — see my review in The Article.
