Richard Wagner: Parsifal

Richard Wagner: Parsifal

264 mins | Music | April 7, 1993

The Met production easily has the most beautiful staging, designed by Otto Schenck, who also produced the fabulous set for the Met's previous Ring cycle. Kurt Moll is a wonderful Gurnemanz, but compared to his studio recording under Karajan a decade earlier it has lost some of its original velvety body and luster. As Parsifal, Jerusalem is starting to show some wear and tear on his voice at the Met in 1992 as opposed to his prime form at Bayreuth in 1981, but is still quite good; only Placido Domingo could compete with him in the role at that time.

Richard Wagner: Parsifal

264 mins | Music | April 7, 1993

Richard Wagner: Parsifal
The Met production easily has the most beautiful staging, designed by Otto Schenck, who also produced the fabulous set for the Met's previous Ring cycle. Kurt Moll is a wonderful Gurnemanz, but compared to his studio recording under Karajan a decade earlier it has lost some of its original velvety body and luster. As Parsifal, Jerusalem is starting to show some wear and tear on his voice at the Met in 1992 as opposed to his prime form at Bayreuth in 1981, but is still quite good; only Placido Domingo could compete with him in the role at that time.
Producers Deutsche Grammophon
Original title Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Directors Phebe Berkowitz, Brian Large, Otto Schenk
Writers Richard Wagner

Cast

Bernd Weikl

as Amfortas

Siegfried Jerusalem

as Parsifal

Waltraud Meier

as Kundry

Kurt Moll

as Gurnemanz

Franz Mazura

as Klingsor

Heidi Grant Murphy

as Knappe erste

Jane Bunnell

as Knappe zweite

John Horton Murray

as Knappe dritte

Bernard Fitch

as Knappe vierte

Paul Groves

as Ritter erste

Jeffrey Wells

as Ritter zweite

Kaaren Erickson

as Blumen zweite

Korliss Uecker

as Blumen vierte

Gwyne Geyer

as Blumen fünfte

Wendy White

as Blumen sechste

Gwineth Bean

as Self - Solo

James Levine

as Self - Conductor

Garrick Utley

as Self - Host