It’s been a while since the Russian Kirill Serebrennikov, who presented his long-term project, Wagners, at the Salzburg Easter Festival Ringhas begun his Parsifal strangely had to create for the State Opera. He conducted the rehearsals via video link because he was stuck in Russia – without an exit permit and harassed by the court. He relocated the events surrounding the pure goal to a prison, so references to his situation at the time were evident.
