Richard Wagner: Parsifal

Richard Wagner: Parsifal

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10/10

The Met production easily has the most beautiful staging, designed by Otto Schenck, who also produced the fabulous set for the Met's previous Ring cycle. Kurt Moll is a wonderful Gurnemanz, but compared to his studio recording under Karajan a decade earlier it has lost some of its original velvety body and luster. As Parsifal, Jerusalem is starting to show some wear and tear on his voice at the Met in 1992 as opposed to his prime form at Bayreuth in 1981, but is still quite good; only Placido Domingo could compete with him in the role at that time.

Bernd Weikl

Siegfried Jerusalem

Waltraud Meier

Kurt Moll

Jan-Hendrik Rootering

Franz Mazura

Heidi Grant Murphy

Jane Bunnell

John Horton Murray

Bernard Fitch

Paul Groves

Jeffrey Wells

Kaaren Erickson

Korliss Uecker

Gwyne Geyer

Wendy White

Gwineth Bean

James Levine

Garrick Utley

MET Orchestra