Clara Haskil is won by 18 year-old from Japan

Analeck Kram-Hammerbauer says:

Kundry is certainly one of the most distinguished figures in the opera history. I was totally overwhelmed by this female title role at my first encounter with this opera. It was also my very first live opera experience.

She is primarily

1. a double agent ( actually a Bond girl I would say, since “Kundry” is deduced from “Kunde” – news, information, message);
2. a hysterical whore;
3. a blasphemer who mocked, despised and rejected the saviour;
4. a sufferer of chronic burnout syndrome.

And the highlight of her performance is without doubt in the III. Act, where her only line is “Dienen, dienen …” (Let me serve… serve). She gives a foot massage to a complete idiot* before getting salvaged by this very person, and then just die. I can’t think of any more ridiculous title roles in the opera history at the moment. It clearly shows how R.Wagner thinks about women. But it is hilarious that I never know any “modern women” are having problem with this plot, including our Kundry here.

* The name “Parsifal” is deduced from the Persian words “fal (pure) + parsi (idiot)”

Analeck Kram-Hammerbauer says:

I would love to, but please just tell me how?! I can neither afford a foot massage by a whore nor any rescue service by an idiot.