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Richard Wagner: Parsifal

100 %|Apr 7, 1993|Music

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.

Featured Crew

Brian Large
Director
Richard Wagner
Original Music Composer
Richard Wagner
Writer
Otto Schenk
Director
James Levine
Conductor
Otto Schenk
Production Design
Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Set Designer
Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Projection

Cast

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Bernd Weikl
Amfortas
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Kurt Moll
Gurnemanz
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Franz Mazura
Klingsor
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Heidi Grant Murphy
Knappe erste
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Jane Bunnell
Knappe zweite
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John Horton Murray
Knappe dritte
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Bernard Fitch
Knappe vierte
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Paul Groves
Ritter erste
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Jeffrey Wells
Ritter zweite
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Kaaren Erickson
Blumen zweite
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Korliss Uecker
Blumen vierte
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Gwyne Geyer
Blumen fünfte
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Wendy White
Blumen sechste
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Gwineth Bean
Self - Solo
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James Levine
Self - Conductor
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Garrick Utley
Self - Host