Parsifal

Parsifal

Saturday 02 March 2013

Starts 5pm – Duration: 5 hours & 40 minutes

Live from the New York Met Opera – Screen 1

Tickets £30 +bf (concessions £25 +bf)

Director François Girard’s timeless new vision for Wagner’s final masterpiece explores the many facets of this mystical score, while designer Michael Levine (Eugene Onegin) creates a surreal landscape. Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of the innocent who finds wisdom. His fellow Wagnerian luminaries include Katarina Dalayman as the mysterious Kundry, Peter Mattei as the ailing Amfortas, Evgeny Nikitin as the wicked Klingsor, and René Pape as the noble knight Gurnemanz. Daniele Gatti conducts.

A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, the Opéra National de Lyon, and the Canadian Opera Company

Conductor:Daniele Gatti

Production:François Girard

Cast:Katarina Dalayman (Kundry), Jonas Kaufmann (Parsifal), Peter Mattei (Amfortas), Evgeny Nikitin (Klingsor), René Pape (Gurnemanz)