Kundry triumphed again at the Bayreuth Festival

Elīna Garanča returned to the Bayreuth Festival in 2025 to perform the role of Kundry in Richard Wagner’s Parsifal on August 24 and 26. After her acclaimed debut in 2023, the Latvian mezzo-soprano once more embodied one of Wagner’s most complex and demanding characters.

The Festival revived Jay Scheib’s production of Parsifal, conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado, which ran from July 28 to August 24, 2025. Alongside Garanča, tenor Andreas Schager took on the title role, creating an interpretation of great dramatic and musical intensity.

Critics again confirmed Garanča’s status as a defining Kundry of our time. The Süddeutsche Zeitung had already described her as “the Kundry of today,” and her most recent Bayreuth appearances only deepened that reputation, offering audiences a compelling blend of vocal brilliance and emotional power.