A timelessly classical Parsifal from the 1998 Bayreuth Festival in a mystically poetic staging that exerts an unbroken fascination, not least as a result of its expressive lighting effects. Under the direction of the great Wagner conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli, the four main roles are taken by Poul Elming, Linda Watson, Falk Struckmann and Hans Sotin - one of the strongest line-ups in Bayreuth's more recent history. "Giuseppe Sinopoli coaxed an outstanding performance from the Festival Orchestra and Chorus, throwing light on the elaborate score from an agreeable distance and investing the music with a meditatively flowing quality rather than the usual bombast" (Opernglas)
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Falk Struckmann
Amfortas
Also in
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio
Tristan und Isolde
Matthias Hölle
Titurel
Also in
The Ring Cycle: Die Walkure
Tristan und Isolde
Hans Sottin
Gurnemanz
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Poul Elming
Parsifal
Also in
The Ring Cycle: Die Walkure
Tristan und Isolde
Ekkehard Wlaschiha
Klingsor
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Das Rheingold
Götterdämmerung
Linda Watson
Kundry
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First release May 31, 2011
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Unitel
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Original language
German
Release dates
United Kingdom · May 31, 2011
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