Who needs costumes when you've got cling film?
It's Mad Max Parsifal. From Calixto Bieto's new Stuttgart production (which opens this Sunday, 28 March), here's Parsifal (tenor Andrew Richards) and the flower maidens.
Conductor and Stuttgart boss Manfred Honeck recently told the German press that Richards (who is making his role debut) will be the go-to Parsifal for the next ten years. So no pressure then.
Klingsor and his magic flame-throwing underpants. Claudio Otelli (Klingsor):
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Andrew Richards (Parsifal) asks a question:
Stephen Milling (Gurnemanz), Heinz Göhrig (conjoined-twin Gralsritter):
Mark Munkittrick (2. Gralsritter), Torsten Hofmann (esquire), Hans Kittelmann (esquire), Heinz Göhrig (1. Gralsritter):
Matthias Hölle (Titurel):
Christiane Iven (Kundry):
The Wagner conga. Claudio Otelli (Klingsor), Andrew Richards (Parsifal), Petra van der Mieden (flower maiden):
Andrew Richards (Parsifal), Christiane Iven (Kundry):
BYO bathtub. Gregg Baker (Amfortas):
State Opera Chorus:
Andrew Richards (Parsifal), Stephen Milling (Gurnemanz):
Gregg Baker (Amfortas), Andrew Richards (Parsifal), State Opera Chorus:
Photos © Martin Sigmund
