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

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United Kingdom

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Gateshead

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Parsifal Wagner,Richard

Public

English

Approved

Leeds Grand Theatre

South Bank Centre

A prophecy to save them all... Following on from the success of the Ring cycle, for his final operatic breath Wagner turned to the medieval legend of the Hol...

At Leeds Grand Theatre for four performances only, 1–10 June 2022Book » https://www.operanorth.co.uk/whats-on/parsifal-2022/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=so...

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.

Parsifal by Wagner, Richard, From (2022/2022), Directed by PJ Harris, Sam Brown,, Conductor Richard Farnes, Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, United Kingdom

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