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The magnificent setting of the Cenakelkerk and the witty direction make this Parsifal, act 3 an experience for both Wagner newcomers and seasoned opera lovers. In the intimate scoring for piano, harmonium, synthesizer, bells, and bass guitar, you can fully immerse yourself in the intoxicating music. Tenor Frank van Aken has performed Wagner roles on the world's great stages, and during this Wagner4daagse you can hear him as Parsifal.
World-renowned soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek has performed Wagner on stages from Bayreuth to New York and Milan – during this Wagner4daagse, six singers will have the opportunity to work with her.
Six singers worked during the Wagner4daagse with world star Eva-Maria Westbroek on opera repertoire — this concert is their presentation in the Cenakelkerk, with works by Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, Boito and Berg.
Author Arnon Grunberg spoke with festival founder Marc Pantus. Together they take you on an audio walk past iconic locations in Museumpark Orientalis and the begraafpark. Along the way, Arnon discusses a range of topics, such as Wagner's antisemitism and Wagner as a writer, but above all the theme of the opera Parsifal: suffering and redemption.
In the atmospheric synagogue you listen to music of the Minnesingers. Artist, performer, and medieval specialist Tis Kaoru Zamler-Carhart speaks about the art of medieval courtly song, and passages from Parzival, the legend on which Wagner based his opera Parsifal.
The young wind players of the Cosima Brass Quintet perform works by Wagner and Mendelssohn on the binnenplaats of the Paleis van Pilatus. Interspersed with passages from the diaries of Cosima Wagner.
Just as at the Bayreuther Festspiele, a fanfare from the balcony of the Cenakelkerk announces the start of the opera — in 2025 Parsifal, act 3.
Harmonium virtuoso Dirk Luijmes has compiled a programme with works by Wagner, Liszt, and Bruckner. The harmonium is a magical instrument, supremely suited to versatile arrangements of orchestral works.
In a sheltered spot in de woestijn, you listen at leisure to the unhurried pianola recordings of Felix Mottl from 1907, with passages from Parsifal, Lohengrin, and Tristan und Isolde.