Kundry

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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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