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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Wagnerian character
fictional character
opera character
appearsIn Parsifal NERFINISHED
associatedWithReligion Christianity
associatedWithTheme guilt
redemption
boundBy endless cycle of guilt and redemption
characterTrait complex
tormented
createdBy Richard Wagner NERFINISHED
diesIn Act III of Parsifal NERFINISHED
employer Klingsor NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceDate 1882
firstPerformanceIn Bayreuth Festspielhaus NERFINISHED
gender female
hasMotif Kundry leitmotif NERFINISHED
languageOfWork German
librettoBy Richard Wagner NERFINISHED
librettoLanguage German
nationalityInStory unknown / ambiguous
notableInterpreter Irene Dalis NERFINISHED
Kirsten Flagstad NERFINISHED
Martha Mödl NERFINISHED
Regina Resnik NERFINISHED
Waltraud Meier NERFINISHED
operaActAppearance Act I of Parsifal NERFINISHED
Act II of Parsifal NERFINISHED
Act III of Parsifal NERFINISHED
partOf Wagnerian canon
relatedWork Arthurian Grail legend NERFINISHED
requires intense dramatic acting
large vocal range
roleInWork penitent servant
seductress
serves Amfortas NERFINISHED
Grail knights
settingOfStory mythic Grail kingdom
stageType dramatic role
symbolizes human sinfulness
possibility of salvation
tempts Parsifal NERFINISHED
underSpellOf Klingsor NERFINISHED
vocalType dramatic soprano
mezzo-soprano
workGenre Bühnenweihfestspiel (festival play for the consecration of the stage)

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Parsifal character Kundry