{"id":86270,"date":"2018-08-17T04:52:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T02:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agentur-seifert.de\/?p=86270"},"modified":"2021-06-20T16:26:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T14:26:26","slug":"parsifal-bayreuther-festspiele-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agentur-seifert.de\/en\/parsifal-bayreuther-festspiele-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"PARSIFAL \u2013 BAYREUTHER FESTSPIELE (REVIEWS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Performances on July<\/span><\/span> 26, August 1, 8, 14, 19 and 25, 2018<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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BR Klassik<\/a> by Antonia Goldhammer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Ein Hoch auf die Werkstatt Bayreuth<\/h5>\n

\u2026Einen leidenden, gebrochenen, aber endlich auch w\u00fctenden Amfortas singt Thomas J. Mayer\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Classical Voice North America<\/a> by James L. Paulk<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Parsifal<\/h5>\n

\u2026Thomas J. Mayer\u2019s lustrous voice was ideal for Amfortas, a role he portrayed with dignity\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Der Opernfreund<\/a> by Frank Piontek<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
PARSIFAL<\/h5>\n

\u2026Thomas J. Mayer wirkt auch deshalb stark, weil er das Leiden des Amfortas exzessiv und stimmkontrolliert aussingt. Seine hochdramatischen \u201eErbarmen\u201c-Rufe packen schlicht und einfach den H\u00f6rer im Innersten\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung<\/a> by Jan Brachmann<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Das H\u00e4ssliche abgewaschen<\/span><\/h5>\n
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\u2026Sie [Die Textverst\u00e4ndlichkeit] ist dagegen geradezu brillant bei Derek Welton als erbarmungslosem Zauberer Klingsor, auch bei Thomas J. Mayer als Amfortas, der sich hier mit \u00e4u\u00dferster Aggressivit\u00e4t der Zumutungen durch die m\u00f6nchische Ritterschaft erwehren muss\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Hundert11 \u2013 Konzertg\u00e4nger in Berlin<\/a> by Albrecht Selge<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Parsifal in Bayreuth<\/h5>\n
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\u2026Thomas J. Mayer <\/strong>ist ein Gralsk\u00f6nig von eindrucksvollem Format, den ersten Aufzug m\u00f6chte man in Amfortas umtaufen\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Limelight<\/a> by Paul Selar<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
PARSIFAL<\/h5>\n

\u2026Appearing in Acts I and III as the ruler of the Grail monks, German Thomas J. Mayer brought compelling burnished and bronzed baritone depth with soul-searching dignity to a figure who deems himself unworthy and agonises through a powerfully ritualised Christ-like \u2018crucifixion\u2019\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Mark Ronan\u2019s Theatre Reviews<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Parsifal, Bayreuth Festival, Bayreuther Festspiele, July 2018<\/h5>\n
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\u2026with Thomas J. Mayer a strongly sung Amfortas, who appears silently in the Act 2 of this production as a prisoner in Klingsor\u2019s realm, unable to withstand the wiles of Kundry\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Online Musik Magazin<\/a> by Ursula Decker-B\u00f6nnigerl<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Mittelalterliche Passion<\/h5>\n

\u2026Stark die Charakterisierung des Amfortas \u2013 grandios gesungen und gespielt von Thomas J. Mayer. Wie er den leidenden, gebrochenen Menschen darstellt und zugleich eindr\u00fccklich, mit klangsch\u00f6nem, farblich schillerndem Timbre um Erl\u00f6sung fleht,\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Seen and Heard<\/a> by Jim Pritchard<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Bychkov\u2019s Intense and Dramatic Bayreuth Parsifal<\/i> Puts a Stranglehold on the Senses<\/h5>\n
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\u2026In another role debut Thomas J. Mayer was more at ease vocally as Amfortas than recently as Telramund at Covent Garden and his great cry of \u2018Erbarmen!\u2019 was every bit as heartfelt and harrowing as it must be to elicit our compassion for his character\u2019s suffering\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Wiener Zeitung<\/a> by Joachim Lange<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Viel Licht<\/h5>\n

\u2026Ein ebensolcher Gl\u00fccksfall ist die H\u00fcgel-Wanderschaft des deutschen Baritons Thomas Johannes Mayer vom Telramund \u00fcber den Holl\u00e4nder und Wanderer zum leidenden Grask\u00f6nig Amfortas. Den r\u00fcckt er jetzt mit aller Empathie stimmlich eindrucksvoll (in dieser Inszenierung ja auch mit vollem K\u00f6rpereinsatz) ins rechte Licht\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Conductor<\/td>\nSemyon Bychkov<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Director<\/td>\nUwe Eric Laufenberg<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stage design<\/td>\nGisbert J\u00e4kel<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Costumes<\/td>\nJessica Karge<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lighting<\/td>\nReinhard Traub<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Video<\/td>\nG\u00e9rard Naziri<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chorus Master<\/td>\nEberhard Friedrich<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dramaturgy<\/td>\nRichard Lorber<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Amfortas<\/td>\nThomas J. Mayer<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gurnemanz<\/td>\nG\u00fcnther Groissb\u00f6ck<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Klingsor<\/td>\nAndreas Schager<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Klingsor<\/td>\nDerek Welton<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kundry<\/td>\nElena Pankratova<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Titurel<\/td>\nTobias Kehrer<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1. Gralsritter<\/td>\nTansel Akzeybek<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. Gralsritter<\/td>\nTimo Riihonen<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1. Knappe<\/td>\nAlexandra Steiner<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. Knappe<\/td>\nMareike Morr<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. Knappe<\/td>\nPaul Kaufmann<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. Knappe<\/td>\nStefan Heibach<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Klingsors Zauberm\u00e4dchen<\/td>\nJi Yoon, Katharina Persicke, Bele Kumbergerm, Alexandra Steiner, Mareike Morr, Sophie Rennert<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eine Altstimme<\/td>\nWiebke Lehmkuhl<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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