Tag Archives: Daniel Johansson

Parsifal, Glyndebourne, May 2025

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 …

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Carmen, Bregenz lake-stage, July 2017

The opening night of the Bregenz Festival saw a spectacular production of Carmen in the pouring rain. The performers got soaked, but no matter because Carmen escapes at the end of Act I by leaping into the lake, and in the final moments Don Jose drowns her — see my review in the Telegraph on …

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