Blockbuster in the Paris Opera

Kirill Serebrennikov will put the “LoEngrin” by Richard Wagner on one of the greatest world scenes

This musical drama will have thoughts about the war as “about the machine for the crushing of bodies and souls,” the representatives of the Paris National Opera said in a statement.

The director talks about the desire to create a real blockbuster on the stage of the Bastille, drawing parallels with the universes of the matrix or Marvel, since Wagner has many operas internally, including heroes. And LoEngrin gossip with Parsifal. “In Parsifal we see the young, and in Loellerin - a wise, experienced composer,” says the director, “perhaps these two operas reflect different aspects of human life, the life of a great artist.”

“Wagner cannot be reduced to something smaller, more primitive. In his works there are many topics, questions, layers, subtexts, both musical and theatrical.

I think Wagner wrote operas about human nature: it is very flexible, changeable and complex, dark, on the one hand, and brightly shining - on the other, a portrait of any person cannot be written in color.

And we need to find the way to this versatility from those primitive things that surround us. Let's feel the complex elements of the Wagnerian world, live them, dive deeper into this dark, but such exciting and exciting world. ”

The play "Parsifal" staged by Serebrennikov on the stage of the Vienna opera became one of the most discussed in 2021.