Richard Wagner

Who's afraid of the Bühnenweihfestspiel? Will Parsifal manage to bring the sacred spear back to the Knights of the Grail? Will he resist the blandishments of the primal sorceress "Kundry". Does salvation exist? Does compassion bring knowledge? Wagner's late work not as artificial religion – but rather as critical music theatre. Peter Konwitschny's production: admired, cheered and hotly controversial. A scandal? Well, judge for yourself.

In German

Cast

Conductor Kent Nagano
Production Peter Konwitschny
Set and Costumes Johannes Leiacker
Lighting Peter Halbsgut
Dramaturgy Werner Hintze
Chorus Sören Eckhoff

Amfortas Michael Volle
Titurel Goran Jurić
Gurnemanz John Tomlinson
Parsifal Michael Weinius
Klingsor John Wegner
Kundry / Stimme aus der Höhe Petra Lang
Erster Gralsritter Kevin Conners
Zweiter Gralsritter Tareq Nazmi
Erster Knappe / Zweiter Knappe Tölzer Knabenchor
Dritter Knappe Dean Power
Vierter Knappe Kenneth Roberson
Klingsors Zaubermädchen Sofia Fomina
Laura Tatulescu
Regina Richter
Eri Nakamura
Angela Brower
Okka von der Damerau

The Bavarian State Orchestra
The Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera

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