Thomas Guggeis conducts “Parsifal” at the Oper Frankfurt with Jennifer Holloway as Kundry
THOMAS GUGGEIS conducts a new production of Wagner’s “Parsifal” at the Oper Frankfurt in May and June 2025, with JENNIFER HOLLOWAY making her role debut as Kundry.
This highly anticipated new production is directed by Brigitte Fassbaender and features an outstanding cast, including Nicholas Brownlee as Amfortas, Alfred Reiter as Titurel, Andreas Bauer Kanabas as Gurnemanz, Ian Koziara in the title role, and Iain MacNeil as Klingsor.
PREMIERE: May 18, 2025
Further performances: May 24, 29, June 1, 7, 9, 14, 19, 2025
“The musical direction of this new production will be in the hands of General Music Director Thomas Guggeis, whose Frankfurt works in the 2024/25 season will also include the revival Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier is one of them. After the end of her brilliant singing career, Brigitte Fassbaender directed nearly 100 productions. These include, for example, at the Oper Frankfurt She has directed such successful productions as Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos and Capriccio, as well as Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Paul Bunyan at the Bockenheimer Depot. Most recently, she was also responsible for the world premiere of Vito Žuraj's Blühen there. The American tenor will sing the title role in Parsifal. Tenor Ian Koziara at the Oper Frankfurt , while his compatriot Jennifer Holloway (Kundry) also returns as a guest to the house on Willy-Brandt-Platz. Here, both sang, among other roles, Fritz and Grete in Schreker's Der ferne Klang (CD on OehmsClassics) in 2018/19 and were also present at the first revival The roles have been recast for the 2022/23 production. Jennifer Holloway's current engagements include Salome at the Vienna State Opera and Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walküre at the Bayreuth Festival, while Ian Koziara will sing in the first production this season. revival from Janáčk's From the House of the Dead as Filka Morozov to the Oper Frankfurt returned, followed by Froh in Wagner's Das Rheingold at the Bavarian State Opera. Led by Nicholas Brownlee (Amfortas), Alfred Reiter (Titurel), Andreas Bauer Kanabas (Gurnemanz) and Iain MacNeil (Klingsor), almost all roles are sung by (former) members of the ensemble and the opera studio of the Oper Frankfurt "occupied." (Source: Oper Frankfurt )