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I am necessarily ignoring the problem of Kundry, which is probably as complex as the Beckmesser knot, but gets issues of gender and sexuality into the fray.
Archive 2006-05-01 Patrick J. Smith 2006
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I am necessarily ignoring the problem of Kundry, which is probably as complex as the Beckmesser knot, but gets issues of gender and sexuality into the fray.
Wagner III: The Reckoning Patrick J. Smith 2006
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The first act of "Parsifal" is unsurpassable, the second is an anti-climax, and the third, excepting the repentance of Kundry, which is pathetic, and strikes one as true, a more saddening anti-climax.
Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians John F. Runciman 1891
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Parsifal baptizes Kundry and admonishes her to believe in the Redeemer: --
A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music Henry Edward Krehbiel 1888
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Before they leave, Parsifal's first act as the redeemer is to baptize Kundry with water from the spring.
The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers 1876
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Jane Dutton's acting of Kundry, plus some soaring top notes, nearly made up for the deficit in her chest voice; and Stuart Skelton sang Parsifal admirably.
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You might think that Wagner's Kundry is the naughtier.
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He's the Pure Fool, the innocent, virgin prince who kills the baddies and captures the spear that pierced Jesus's side, reuniting it with the grail, thus healing everybody's wounds, allowing the zombie-types, Kundry and Amfortas, to die, and becoming king of the grail himself.
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But things turn out all right for Kundry, she's only about 1,400 years old when she gets to die, and she's granted salvation by Parsifal himself.
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The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra gives a stirring account of Siegfried's Rhine journey and, as a bonus, two top British Wagnerians, Susan Bullock (as Sieglinde and Kundry) and John Tomlinson (as Gunther), contribute.
sionnach commented on the word Kundry
Wagner's heroine, Kundry,
Found herself in a bit of a qundry.
A haughty young lassie,
She found it declasse,
To be included on "Alnwick and sundry".
September 25, 2011
Dan337 commented on the word Kundry
Well played.
September 25, 2011
sionnach commented on the word Kundry
To add insult to injury, she is not a valid Scrabble word.
September 25, 2011