Wagner: Parsifal (2-BR) – Elina Garanca, Andreas Schager
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Wagner: Parsifal (2-BR) – Elina Garanca, Andreas Schager
Composer: Richard Wagner
Artists: Elina Garanca, Andreas Schager, Georg Zeppenfeld, Derek Welton, Jordan Shanahan, Tobias Kehrer, Bayreuther Festspielchor, Bayreuther Festspielorchester
Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Director: Jay Scheib
Video Format: 1080i 16:9
Audio Format: Dolby Atmos / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0 / PCM Stereo
Region: All Regions
Language: German
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish
Number of Discs: 2
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: July 26, 2024
Run Time: 245 minutes
Acclaimed by the New York Times as “superbly sung, and conducted with muscular solidity,” this is Bayreuth Festival’s 2023 production of Parsifal. The production features the conductor Pablo Heras-Casado and singers Andreas Schager, Elina Garanca, Georg Zeppenfeld and Derek Welton.
Wagner composed Parsifal especially for Bayreuth’s Festspielhaus, wishing for it to be performed nowhere else. Stage director Jay Scheib takes the composer at his word in his staging, referring to a letter Wagner wrote to King Ludwig II in which he described the opera as a “farewell to the world,” a work that faces up to the question of how hope can exist when life has long since ceased to be possible…
The 2-disc set offers a booklet with photos and information about the work and this production.
History
Richard Wagner’s Parsifal
First seen in 1882, Wagner’s final masterpiece was written specifically for the space and acoustics of the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, where it was meant to be performed exclusively. The Met presented the first staged production outside Bayreuth in 1903. With a score of magnificent subtlety and beauty and a story that blends the legend of the Holy Grail with Christian imagery, Buddhist ideas, and 19th-century European philosophy, Parsifal is a unique work that transcends the boundaries of the standard repertoire. “Parsifal is not just an opera—it’s a mission,” says François Girard, who directed the Met’s acclaimed 2013 production. “At the end of his life, Wagner was trying to reconcile all the aspects of his spirituality. It’s a sacred piece in the history of music.”
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