Organization

Baritone (+3)

Jochen Schmeckenbecher

Klingsor

Tenor (+6)

Kevin Conners

First Grail knight

Stage director

Pierre Audi

Lighting designer

Lighting designer (+2)

Urs Schönebaum

Costume designer

Florence von Gerkan

Dramaturge

Dramaturge (+2)

Klaus Bertisch

Benedikt Stampfli

Set designer

Set designer (+2)

Georg Baselitz

Christof Hetzer

Tristan Sczesny

Tenor

Clay Hilley

Parsifal

Mezzo-soprano (+4)

Emily Sierra

Voice from above

Soprano (+2)

Seonwoo Lee

First squire

Second squire

Tenor (+2)

Jonas Hacker

Third squire

Zachary Rioux

Fourth squire

First flower maiden

Soprano

Louise Foor

Second flower maiden

Eirin Rognerud

Fourth flower maiden

Bavarian State Opera

Orchestra

Bavarian State Orchestra

Chorus

Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus

Extras

Bayerischen Staatsoper Extrachorus

Chorusmaster

Chorusmaster (+1)

Christoph Heil

Nationaltheater Munich

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Natalie Lewis

Third flower maiden

Xenia Puskarz Thomas

Sixth flower maiden

Valerie Eickhoff

Bass (+5)

Bálint Szabó

Titurel

Baritone (+8)

Christian Gerhaher

Amfortas

Conductor

Constantin Trinks

Eliza Boom

Fifth flower maiden

Irene Roberts

Kundry

Georg Zeppenfeld

Gurnemanz

Baritone (+2)

Vitor Bispo

Second Grail knight

Tareq Nazmi

Conductor (+4)

Adam Fischer

Bass-baritone (+5)

Gerald Finley

Nina Stemme

Bass (+1)

Alexander Köpeczi

Munich Opera Festival

Soprano (+1)

Evgeniya Sotnikova

Bass (+6)

Wilhelm Schwinghammer

Bass (+3)

Roman Chabaranok

Neither balsam, nor medicinal herbs can provide relief to the wounded and ailing Amfortas, ruler of the Grail kingdom. His path to recovery proves to be a complex one. No member of the Grail community can reclaim the spear which inflicted the wound, but only an outsider, a “pure fool”, enlightened by compassion. Only by the tip of this spear touching Amfortas’s wound can he be healed. On his journey of self-discovery, towards his destiny as chosen deliverer, Parsifal is accompanied, not only by the skilful Grail Knight Gurnemanz, but also by the enigmatic and seductive Kundry, who opens his eyes to sensuality and extrasensory experience.

Parsifal, a „Bühnenweihfestspiel“ („A Stage Inauguration Festival Play“), was first performed in Bayreuth in 1882. Richard Wagner’s final musical drama addresses wounds which fester both within individuals, as well as in society as a whole, before proffering miracle remedies with the ability to ease the pain.

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