Kundry

E809799

Kundry is a complex, tormented female figure in Richard Wagner’s opera *Parsifal*, serving both as a seductress and a penitent servant bound to an endless cycle of guilt and redemption.

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Kundry canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Wagnerian character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
opera character ⓘ
appearsIn Parsifal ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Christianity ⓘ
associatedWithTheme guilt ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
boundBy endless cycle of guilt and redemption ⓘ
characterTrait complex ⓘ
tormented ⓘ
createdBy Richard Wagner ⓘ
diesIn Act III of Parsifal ⓘ
employer Klingsor ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1882 ⓘ
firstPerformanceIn Bayreuth Festspielhaus ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasMotif Kundry leitmotif ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
librettoBy Richard Wagner ⓘ
librettoLanguage German ⓘ
nationalityInStory unknown / ambiguous ⓘ
notableInterpreter Irene Dalis ⓘ
Kirsten Flagstad ⓘ
Martha Mödl ⓘ
Regina Resnik ⓘ
Waltraud Meier ⓘ
operaActAppearance Act I of Parsifal ⓘ
linked to: Parsifal

Act II of Parsifal ⓘ
Act III of Parsifal ⓘ
partOf Wagnerian canon ⓘ
relatedWork Arthurian Grail legend ⓘ
linked to: Holy Grail legends
requires intense dramatic acting ⓘ
large vocal range ⓘ
roleInWork penitent servant ⓘ
seductress ⓘ
serves Amfortas ⓘ
Grail knights ⓘ
settingOfStory mythic Grail kingdom ⓘ
stageType dramatic role ⓘ
symbolizes human sinfulness ⓘ
possibility of salvation ⓘ
tempts Parsifal ⓘ
underSpellOf Klingsor ⓘ
vocalType dramatic soprano ⓘ
mezzo-soprano ⓘ
workGenre Bühnenweihfestspiel (festival play for the consecration of the stage) ⓘ

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