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Pure Fool
When Wagner wrote his sacred festival opera, Parsifal, he created all sorts of problems - transformation scenes, disappearing gardens and castles, with magic spears that stop in mid-air. How were they solved for the first production in 1882 and how have
Bill Bryden and Bernard Haitink approached the staging and musical challenges in the new Royal Opera House production which opened last night? Producer JOHN BOUNDY
(Re-broadcast next Monday)

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Bill Bryden
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Bernard Haitink
Producer:
John Boundy
Source: Radio Times

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