Wagner
Parsifal 235'
(concert performance; sung in German)
Lars Cleveman Parsifal
Katarina Dalayman Kundry
Robert Holl Gurnemanz
Iain Paterson Amfortas
Tom Fox Klingsor
Reinhard Hagen Titurel
Robert Murray Knight 1
Andrew Greenan Knight 2
Sarah Castle Squire 1/Flower Maiden 3
Madeleine Shaw Squire 2/Flower Maiden 6/ Voice from Above
Joshua Ellicott Squire 3
Andrew Rees Squire 4
Elizabeth Cragg Flower Maiden 1
Anita Watson Flower Maiden 2
Ana James Flower Maiden 4
Sarah-Jane Brandon Flower Maiden 5
Choirs to include:
Trinity Boys Choir
Hallé Youth Choir
Royal Opera Chorus
Hallé
Sir Mark Elder conductor
There will be two intervals, of 50 and 35 minutes
Sir Mark Elder conducts the Hallé in Parsifal, Wagner's final epic drama of renunciation and redemption, with Robert Holl as Gurnemanz, the veteran Knight of the Grail.
Lars Cleveman is the Holy Fool Parsifal and Katarina Dalayman the penitential Magdalen figure, Kundry.