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Richard Wagner: Parsifal

Richard Wagner: Parsifal

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 7, 1993

Runtime

4h 24m

Genres

Music

User Score

100%

Original Title

Richard Wagner: Parsifal

Production Companies

Deutsche Grammophon

Director

Brian Large

Description

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.