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Richard Wagner: Parsifal (1993)
Directed by Otto Schenk, Brian Large
Overview
The Met production easily has the most beautiful staging, designed by Otto Schenck, who also produced the fabulous set for the Met’s previous Ring cycle. Kurt Moll is a wonderful Gurnemanz, but compared to his studio recording under Karajan a decade earlier it has lost some of its original velvety body and luster. As Parsifal, Jerusalem is starting to show some wear and tear on his voice at the Met in 1992 as opposed to his prime form at Bayreuth in 1981, but is still quite good; only Placido Domingo could compete with him in the role at that time.
Rated G | Length 264 minutes
Actors
Paul Groves | Siegfried Jerusalem | Waltraud Meier | Bernard Fitch | Jane Bunnell | Kurt Moll | Kaaren Erickson | Korliss Uecker | Franz Mazura | Jan-Hendrik Rootering | Garrick Utley | James Levine | Jeffrey Wells | Wendy White | Bernd Weikl | Heidi Grant Murphy | Gwineth Bean | John Horton Murray | Gwyne Geyer | MET Orchestra