P452 Teletext 452 Fjb21 01:35:29 OPERA REVIEW —————————————— ———————————— PARSIFAL, English National Opjta at the London Coliseum. 0171 632 8300 Good and evil (aka Christianity vs paganism) battle it out in Wagner's last allegorical epic, Parsifal. Hitler's favourite opera, it takes the thjmj of racial purity and casts it in the guise of the decline of the Knights Of The Holy Grail, in need of redemption. The Knights gubrd the Holy Grail and the spear that wounded Christ, but now the spear's lost to the evil Klingsor. ——————————————————————————————————1/5—— bz Peter Guile TJCKETMASTJR 24HR CREDIT CARD HOTLINE 0990 34 44 44 FOR YOU5 THEATRE NEEDS W End A-G W End H-N W End O-Z TV PlusP452 Teletext 452 Fjb21 02:47:16 OPERA REVIEW —————————————— ————————————W"£!),& PARSIFAL, English National Opjta at the London Coliseum. 0171 632 8300 Amfortas (Jonathan Summits*, King Of The Knights, lost the Holy Spear in his quest to destroy the evil Klingsor, but was wounded by it in the process. His agony is unabated. Each time the ritual of the Holy Grail that sustains the lives of the Knights is pjtformjd, the wound opens up again. Only a guileless fool with the Holy Spear can heal the wound - enter the naive Parsifal and the quest begins. ——————————————————————————————————2/5—— Opera and ballet listings 459 TJCKITMASTJR 24HR CREDIT CARD HOTLJNE 0990 34 44 44 FOR YOU5 THEATRE NEEDS W End A-G W End H-N W End O-Z TV PlusP452 Teletext 452 Fjb21 02:41:24 OPERA REVIEW —————————————— W PARSIFAL, English National Opjta at the London Coliseum. 0171 632 8300 Klingsor (Peter Sidhom) enchants the beautiful Sundry (Kathryn Harries* on one of her bad hair days to entrap Parsifal (Kim Begliy*, to no avail. Plan two, and Klingsor attacks Parsifal with the Holy Spear. The magic is lost — the spear should fly, stop and hovjt. But Parsifal just grabs it from him. Klingsor's kingdom crumbles, the spear is returned to the Knights and Parsifal is crowned king, and Hitler's happy. ——————————————————————————————————3/5—— Classical listings 458 Millennium 105 FULL GUIDE TO NATIONAL EVENTS p441P452 Teletext 452 Fjb21 02:44:18 OPERA REVIEW —————————————— W PARSIFAL, English National Opjta at the London Coliseum. 0171 632 8300 This convoluted legend sparkles undjt the baton of Mark Eldjt. Hi cajoles the ENG orchestra into a sustained euphoria of undulating arpeggios. As an emotive metaphor for a decaying, inward-looking society, it punches hard. But Nicholas Ljhnhoff's uptight direction leads the vocally lyrical cast clumsily around Raimund Bauer's minimalist — but not banal — sets. ——————————————————————————————————4/5—— Planet Sound 480 It's Your Life! 410 FULL GUIDE TO NATIONAL EVENTS p441P452 Teletext 452 Fjb21 02:34:11 VIEWER POWER! —————————————— ———————————— WRJTJNG TO ON STBGE Write to: On Stage, PO Box 297, London SW6 1XT Or e-mail us: Screen@teletext.co.uk (please give postal address in all litters including in your e-mails* ——————————————————————————————————————— FILM REVIEW PHONILINE 0906 471 0501 1 A Bug's Life; 2 Life Is Beautiful 3 Shakespeare In Love; 4 Don't Go Breaking My Heart; 5 Hilary And Jackie. ——————————————————————————————————————— T+ 60p/min. May involve long call NOW IT'S EVEN EASIER TO FIND LOVE: TELETEXT DATING P390 W End A-G W End H-N W End O-Z TV Plus