Name: Parsifal
Start: 2022-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Leeds Grand Theatre

Organization

Singer

Baritone

Robert Hayward

Amfortas

Bass

Brindley Sherratt

Gurnemanz

Tenor

Toby Spence

Parsifal

Soprano

Katarina Karnéus

Kundry

Conductor

Richard Farnes

Costume designer

Bengt Gomér

Ivan Sharpe

Gralsritter

Richard Mosley-Evans

Samantha Clarke

Sechs Blumenmädchen

Kathryn Stevens

First flower maiden

Victoria Sharp

Second flower maiden

Elin Pritchard

Third flower maiden

Miranda Bevin

Fourth flower maiden

Helen Evora

Fifth flower maiden

Stage director

PJ Harris

Sam Brown

Stephen Rodwell

Bass-baritone

Derek Welton

Klingsor

Stuart Laing

Third squire

Claire Pascoe

Knappen

Molly Barker

Nicholas Watts

Campbell Russell

Set designer

Lighting designer

Stephen Richardson

Titurel

First Grail knight

Second Grail knight

First squire

Contralto

Second squire

Fourth squire

Hazel Croft

Voice from above

Sixth flower maiden

Opera North

Others

Chorus of Opera North

Orchestra

Orchestra of Opera North

tysk

London

United Kingdom

Southbank Centre

Gateshead

Sage Gateshead

Nottingham

Royal Concert Hall

Manchester

The Bridgewater Hall

Leeds

Grand Theatre

Parsifal Wagner,Richard

Public

engelsk

Approved

Leeds Grand Theatre

South Bank Centre

A prophecy to save them all... hear from director Sam Brown and tenor Toby Spence as they rehearse Wagner's final opera, Parsifal, at Opera North.

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A rare opportunity to experience the immense, shimmering universe of Wagner’s crowning work in all its immersive glory, this dramatic concert staging brings to the fore a resplendent 90-piece orchestra and a cast of stellar international singers under the skilful baton of conductor Richard Farnes. From the miraculous 15-minute orchestral Prelude, to the celebrated Good Friday Music with its constantly searching, evolving, ethereal beauty, Wagner carries the audience from worldly to exalted places.

Amfortas, ruler of the Kingdom of the Grail, suffers an incurable wound after losing the Holy Spear to evil sorcerer Klingsor. When a prophecy reveals that only a naïve young man who has learnt compassion will be able to heal Amfortas, Parsifal must embark on a quest save the community of the Grail.

1–10 June: Leeds Grand Theatre 
12 June: Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 
15 June: Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham 
18 June: Sage Gateshead 
26 June: Southbank Centre

"Farnes' shaping of the score is masterly. This is authentic Wagner" — The Telegraph on the Ring cycle

"Opera North’s “concert stagings” of epic operas have become eagerly awaited annual events" — The Times

#ONParsifal

Parsifal is a story of suffering, compassion, and, ultimately, redemption, centred on the community of knights who guard the Holy Grail. Wagner said it was his ‘farewell to the world’, and so it proved. It was his final opera.

Amfortas, lord of the Grail knights, suffers physically from a wound inflicted upon him by the sorcerer Klingsor, and spiritually from the burden of sin: he allowed himself to be seduced in Klingsor’s magical realm by a beautiful woman. With no cure to be found for his suffering, the community of the Grail is threatened with disintegration. The only hope lies in a prophecy: that one day all may be redeemed by an innocent fool made wise by compassion.

The most mysterious of Wagner’s music dramas, debates about Parsifal’s ultimate meaning continue to rage. What is beyond argument is the overwhelming power and beauty of Wagner’s music, which reaches new heights of expressive intensity in this work. Opera North’s first Parsifal is conducted by former Music Director Richard Farnes, whose Ring cycle in 2016 met with universal acclaim.

English

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Cast

Mannskap

Ensemble