Parsifal: Deutsche Oper Berlin
About the Event
The premiere of Richard Wagner's Parsifal, his Bühnenweihfestspiel or 'festival drama for the consecration of the stage', represented the climax of festivities to mark the 100th anniversary of the Deutsche Oper Berlin in 2012.
Parsifal is Richard Wagner's own mythical tale, which he created borrowing freely from a diverse range of sagas, Christian and Buddhist motifs, and Schopenhauer's ideas. Wagner was plagued for decades by a fear of disaster and a constant thirst for redemption. With his Parsifal he addressed head‐on the question of redemption, both private and social, and conjured his own utopia in the chaste, male world of the Knights of the Grail.
In German language with German and English surtitles.
Cast / Production
Conductor Sir Donald Runnicles
Stage Production Philipp Stölzl
Co‐Regie Mara Kurotschka
Stage‐DesignConrad Moritz Reinhardt, Philipp Stölzl
Costume‐Design Kathi Maurer
Light‐Design Ulrich Niepel
Chorus Master Jeremy Bines
Children's Chorus Christian Lindhorst
Amfortas Jordan Shanahan
Titurel Andrew Harris
Gurnemanz Günther Groissböck
Parsifal Klaus Florian Vogt
Klingsor Joachim Goltz
Kundry Irene Roberts
First Knight of the Grail Patrick Cook
Second Knight of the Grail Youngkwang Oh
First Squire Lexi Hutton
Second Squire Arianna Manganello
Third Squire Kieran Carrel
Fourth Squire Chance Jonas‐O'Toole
Klingsor´s Flower Maiden Flurina Stucki, Lexi Hutton, Arianna Manganello, Hye‐Young Moon, Meechot Marrero, Maire Therese Carmack A Voice Maire Therese Carmack
Chorus Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Kinderchor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Orchestra Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Dance Opernballett der Deutschen Oper Berlin
