Wagner: Parsifal

Well filmed and with good sound, the production offers plenty to think about. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2022 More…

Release Date: 22nd Apr 2022
Catalogue No: 759404
Label: C Major

Wagner: Parsifal

Julian Hubbard (Parsifal), Catherine Hunold (Kundry), Tómas Tómasson (Amfortas), John Relyea (Gurnemanz), Thomas Gazheli (Klingsor), Alexei Tanovitski (Titurel), Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo
Omer Meir Wellber

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In the magnificent Teatro Massimo in Palermo, British stage director Graham Vick and Israeli conductor Omer Meir Wellber bring Richard Wagner’s last opera Parsifal in a suspenseful interpretation to the stage. In this Parsifal, the myth of the Holy Grail is woven into real-life events, a parable of the suffering of those who flee war and conflict zones to freedom. Omer Meir Wellber makes a highly successful debut as music director in Palermo where Richard Wagner composed this monumental opera during a long stay. The singers are excellently cast, above all a passionately singing Julian Hubbard as Parsifal and Tomas Tomasson embodies Amfortas superbly as a glorified prophet figure. “Graham Vick strips Parsifal of mysticism to deliver a powerful indictment of divisive ideologies” (Musical America); “Julian Hubbard as Parsifal is a sensation” (neue musikzeitung)

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July 2022

Well filmed and with good sound, the production offers plenty to think about.

August 2022

One of his last productions, staged in Palermo during early 2020, this Parsifal exemplifies Graham Vick’s gift for investing in what matters: people and drama, rather than hi-tech glitz…The singers thrive under his detailed direction.

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