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Work: Parsifal

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ComposerWagner, Richard (1813-1883)
PeriodRomantic
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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GrafeneggBayreuther Festspielorchester & Pablo Heras-Casado

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Wagner: Parsifal
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Pablo Heras-Casado; Miina-Liisa Värelä; Andreas Schager; Jordan Shanahan; Georg Zeppenfeld

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Wagner: Parsifal
Pablo Heras-Casado; Pierre Audi; Bavarian State Opera; Georg Baselitz; Florence von Gerkan; Urs Schönebaum; Bayerisches Staatsorchester

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Wagner: Parsifal
Péter Halász; Hungarian State Opera; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Chorus; Michele Kalmandy; Károly Szemerédy
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Musicians of Monsalvat: a new Parsifal opens Budapest’s Wagner Days

Magnus Vigilius (Parsifal) and Flowermaidens © Attila Nagy | Müpa Budapest
Birgit Kajtna-Wönig’s new semi-staging of Wagner's Bühnenweihfestspiel pays homage to Ádám Fischer's committed musical forces.
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Parsifal without the hocus-pocus in Lower Bavaria

Peter Tilch (Amfortas), Stephan Bootz (Gurnemanz) © Peter Litvai
A colourful, revue-style production dispels the clouds of mystique surrounding Wagner's last opera.
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Bless this house: a Passiontide Parsifal in Erl

Parsifal at the Festspielhaus Erl © Xiomara Bender
Alpine mountains and streams set the scene for an illuminating production of Wagner's 'play to consecrate a stage'. 
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