tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851616.post4003655796227200047..comments2023-09-12T11:16:57.372-04:00Comments on Likely Impossibilities: The ENO's Parsifal: Knights of the living deadMicaelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17424063023952527613noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851616.post-57977654354569608212011-03-05T02:15:22.290-05:002011-03-05T02:15:22.290-05:00Hmmm? Maybe? Since the act's content and much ...Hmmm? Maybe? Since the act's content and much of the rest of the symbolism are sex-centric, I first thought otherwise. Parsifal's awakening could be seen as a kind of birth but the literal setting is Klingsor's lair, and his method is seduction. This production is kind of like that--it drops in images that seem relevant but it's hard to pin down a precise meaning from them, kind of like the train tracks in Act 3.Micaelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424063023952527613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851616.post-52147550934646151882011-03-04T11:39:49.718-05:002011-03-04T11:39:49.718-05:00I always thought the gigantic pelvic x-ray placed ...I always thought the gigantic pelvic x-ray placed the characters in a womb? Maybe I should find Lehnhoff's interviews or something, but of course in many ways it's out of his hands now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com