FULL PARSIFAL Bergen 2023 Stuart Skelton, Ricarda Merbeth, Johan Reuter, Brindley Sherratt

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Parsifal  
• Composer: Wagner Richard  
• Libretto: Richard Wagner  
• Venue & Opera Company: Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway  
• Recorded: January 21. 2023
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Stuart Skelton, Ricarda Merbeth, Johan Reuter, Brindley Sherratt, Olafur Sigurdarson, Reinhard Hagen, Eirik Grøtvedt, Changdai Park, Monika Jägerova
• Conductor: Edward Gardner  
• Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra  
• Chorus: Bergen Philharmonic Chorus, Edvard Grieg Chorus, Collegium Musicum's Chorus, Edvard Grieg Boys Chorus, Edvard Grieg Girls Chorus  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: OperaVision  
• Date Published: 2023  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Richard Wagner’s final music drama is unlike anything that went before or has come since. It can feel more like a ritual ceremony than an opera – grand yet intimate, somehow occupying its own space and time. At the heart of Parsifal is a curious, magical treatment of the symphony orchestra that appears to give the voices above it all the space and autonomy they need.

Following award-winning concert performances of Peter Grimes with Stuart Skelton in the title role, the Australian tenor returns to Bergen in the same capacity for this Parsifal under chief conductor Edward Gardner. Joining them is a handpicked cast including Johan Reuter as the wounded Amfortas, Brindley Sherratt as the wise old Gurnemanz and Ricarda Merbeth as the teasing Kundry. Any performance of Parsifal is special. Focusing on Wagner’s miraculous, glowing music alone, this one is sure to prove truly memorable.

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