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Parsifal: Wagner's 'Buddhist piece' by Tom Service

Parsifal has been seen as the most antisemitic and ideologically suspect of any of Wagner's works, but that's not how Nikolaus Lehnhoff's ENO production treats itOpera is the most risky art form. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times sets, singing, orchestra, acting, lighting, stage direction and conducting have come together to create an ideal fusion. But when it happens, it's like winning the l…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PM on February 10, 2011

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