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Klingsor

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Klingsor
enemy of Grail knights. [Ger. Opera: Wagner, Parsifal, Westerman, 248]
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It is a world of morbid eroticism and decay, where the corrupted knights of the Holy Grail are black-winged angels, the evil Klingsor a transvestite in top hat and tails and his Flower Maidens are straight out of a Busby Berkeley musical.
Boos at Swastikas, Nazis in Bayreuth's 'Parsifal' by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Riding the tide of romance is also the theme for Chausson's Poeme de l' Amour et de la Mer, where the composer sets poems by Charles Baudelaire and Tristan Klingsor.
RLPO'S classic theme for Valentine's Day; ARTS DIARY by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Daniele Gatti conducted a very deliberate reading of the score, with stalwart performances by Kwangchul Youn as Gurnemanz, Mihoko Fujimura as Kundry, Christopher Ventris as Parsifal and Thomas Jesatko as Klingsor.
Parsifal by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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