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Parsifal and Kundry reborned – Kiseljov's Parsifal in Brno



I have received information about a pantomime production of Parsifal in Brno and would like to share it with you:

"Vladimir Kiseljov, the 25 years-old Czech director, stage designer and President of Richard-Wagner-Society Brno, had on 20. April 2008 in the theatre Reduta Brno in Czech republic fulfilled his dream – to show on stage his concept of the whole Richard Wagners Parsifal as a pantomime – initiation mysterium.

The performance was consulted and recommended by Hans Schavernoch and is probably the first realisation of whole Wagners Parsifal as a pantomime on the complete recording of Wagners score played from 6 loudspeakers around audience, which create in some places of this stage mystery an effect of voices from the heaven, slowly moving up above the audience. This staging presented two actors of Parsifal (1. young and 2. reborned "Erlöser" in Act 3) and 3 actresses of Kundry, because we see them in long time distance in the circulation of their incarnations, till they together at the end became an ideal one being of the "Erlöser", which is only Parsifal and Kundry together, after their near-Tantric ritual of reaching the Grail – state of mind. Salvation comes after the fullfilling of lost capability of live and love of at least two beings together, which through their compassion and love, cojuction of the oposit men and women principles brings salvation to the whole world.

The hidden philosophic intentions of Wagners drama are shown on the stage with gestures and situations, which go not only descriptive to saying of characters- many times we see a counterpoint between what they say, and what they realy think and do. We see mixture of Hindu mudras and gnostic-christian gestures in rituals, which would like to reborn the forgotten rituals of old. But with no provocation or vulgarity, only with humility, which comes from a conection of Wagners "Parsifal" and his Hindu-drama "Die Sieger".

Light in this performance breaths close with Wagners music, shows living unity with the dramatic hearth of Wagners Parsifal. The audience can almost touch the actors, no long distance between actors and audience, which can create sense of farness of the action an his theme. More about this perfomance you may find on www.kiseljov.ic.cz under "Parsifal ND Brno".

Next actions of the Richard-Wagner-Society Brno are exhibitions of paintings and performances of Vladimir Kiseljov, which are inspired and acompanied by Wagners, Bruckners and Rimsky-Korsakovs Music and interpretation of those musical works from sight of philosophy, music and visual dramatic art.

Those actions také place in Brno, Praha, Ostrava, Jihlava (as a part of international music festival Mahler Jihlava 2009) and other cities of Czech republic. One of the actions is a performance, when Vladimir Kiseljov live in front of an audience with music relizes his wall-paintings of Wagners Parsifal – on 22. 6. 2009 in „Galery of Critics“- Adria Palace in the centre of Praha. Other actions of Wagners Society of Brno you will find on www.wagnerbrno.cz.

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