Parsifal
An opera in three acts by Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
The evil sorcerer Klingsor has been denied membership of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Grail. He takes his revenge by having a magic garden built to which, with the help of his female slave Kundry, he lures King Amfortas of the Knights of the Holy Grail.
Klingsor lays hands on the sacred spear and wounds Amfortas. According to the legend only an innocent fool can heal the King. Parsifal manages to avoid all Klingsor’s scheming trickery and break his domination.
Richard Wagner spent nearly thirty years writing this, his last opera, which he called a “Bühnenweihfestspiel”, a festival of the stage.
Cast
Dirigent Shao-Chia Lü
Amfortas Mats Persson
Titurel Peter Loguin
Gurnemanz Mats Almgren
Parsifal Jan Kyhle
Klingsor Krister St.Hill
Kundry Annalena Persson
1 Graalsriddare Markus Schwartz
2 Graalsriddare Iwar Bergkwist
1 Väpnare Mia Karlsson
2 Väpnare Ann-Kristin Jones
3 Väpnare Peter Arnoldsson
4 Väpnare Harald Tjelle
Blomsterflickor
Första gruppen Liine Carlsson, Eva-Lotta Ohlsson (praktikant Operahögskolan Göteborg), Ann-Kristin Jones
Andra gruppen Mia Karlsson, Carolina Sandgren, Pia Svorono
Röst från ovan Ann-Kristin Jones
Svan (stum) Mattias Andersson / Tobias Norenstedt
Pojke (stum) Isak Søgaard Vallinder / Anton Wingstrand
GöteborgsOperans Orkester, GöteborgsOperans Kör
Extrakör, statister
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Team
Dirigent Shao-Chia Lü
Regi Yannis Houvardas
Scenografi Lars-Åke Thessman
Kostym Karin Erskine
Ljusdesign Torkel Blomkvist
