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 Thomas Hampson
Titurel Goran Jurić
Gurnemanz Kwangchul Youn
Parsifal Christopher Ventris
Klingsor Evgeny Nikitin
Kundry / Stimme aus der Höhe Petra Lang
Erster Gralsritter Kevin Conners
Erster Knappe / Zweiter Knappe Tölzer Knabenchor
Zweiter Gralsritter Tareq Nazmi
Dritter Knappe Ulrich Reß
Vierter Knappe Kenneth Roberson
Klingsors Zaubermädchen Anna Virovlansky
Golda Schultz
Tara Erraught
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller
Angela Brower
Heike Grötzinger

The Bavarian State Orchestra
The Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera