Parsifal

Composer: Wagner, Richard

Librettist/Text Author: Wagner, Richard

Conductor: Haenchen, Hartmut

Orchestra: Monnaie Symphony Orchestra

Chorus: Brussels La Monnaie - De Munt Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Maczewski, Winfried

Chorus: Choraline, La

Chorus Master: Maczewski, Winfried

Amfortas: Mayer, Thomas Johannes

Gurnemanz: Rootering, Jan-Hendrick

Klingsor: Tomasson, Tomas

Kundry: Larsson, Anna

Parsifal: Richards, Andrew

Titurel: Halem, Victor van

Set Designer: Castellucci, Romeo

Costume Designer: Castellucci, Romeo

Lighting Designer: Castellucci, Romeo

Choreographer: Van Acker, Cindy

Stage Director: Castellucci, Romeo

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Venue: Theatre Royal de la Monnaie - De Munt

Playing Time: 03:58:45

Catalogue Number: BAC097

UPC: 3760115300972

Libretto

Parsifal

Synopsis

Parsifal

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Parsifal is a strange and enigmatic work. At the end of his life, did Wagner wish to celebrate asceticism, which he himself had never practised? Did he fall upon his knees before the Cross, as claimed by Nietzsche? And what does the secret society of knights based on pure blood signify, desperately waiting for the saviour to regenerate it? What is the true nature of the opposition between the worlds of Klingsor and the Grail? What can Parsifal tell us today? In his artistic will and testament, Wagner condenses his moral idea of the world and returns to the roots of love and religion - to the very heart of art according to him.

With the participation of conductor Hartmut Haenchen who is passionately in love with the score, Italian stage director Romeo Castellucci proposes an original reading of this brilliant work and explores the essence of Wagnerian 'Kunstreligion' in a different light.