Carolina Pasini-Vitale created Kundry in Buenos Aires for the South American premiere of an opera in three acts by what German composer?
Parsifal Parsifal (WWV 111) is an opera in three acts by German composer Richard Wagner. It is loosely based on "Parzival" by Wolfram von Eschenbach, a 13th-century epic poem of the Arthurian knight Parzival (Percival) and his quest for the Holy Grail (12th century).
Facing Goya Facing Goya (2000) is an opera in four acts by Michael Nyman on a libretto by Victoria Hardie. It is an expansion of their one-act opera called Vital Statistics from 1987, dealing with such subjects as physiognomy and its practitioners, and also incorporates a musical motif from Nyman's art song, "The Kiss", inspired by a Paul Richards painting. Nyman also considers the work thematically tied to his other works, "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat", "The Ogre", and "Gattaca", though he does not quote any of these musically, save a very brief passage of the latter. It was premièred at the Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain on 3 August 2000. The revision with the cast heard on the album premiered at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Germany, on October 19, 2002. "Vital Statistics" has been withdrawn. The Santiago version included more material from "Vital Statistics". The opera was most recently performed at the 2014 Spoleto Festival USA, located in Charleston, South Carolina.