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Article: RAVASHING ABBADO FINDS THE HOLY GRAIL.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 13, 2002
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Byline: BARRY MILLINGTON
Ravishing Abbado finds the holy grail Parsifal Festival Theatre OPERA NOT for nothing does Wagner's Parsifal have a reputation as one of the most enigmatic of operas. Unfortunately, instead of shedding light on this perplexing work, Peter Stein's production leaves one scratching one's head in disbelief. After burning his fingers with an unsuccessful Rheingold in Paris in 1976, Stein vowed never to return to Wagner. In persuading him to do so, Brian McMaster must have been hoping for a coup along the lines of the masterly Otello and Falstaff Stein did for Welsh National Opera in the Eighties. But this deeply flawed Parsifal, seen at the ...