20th August
Concert will begin at 16:04 hours GMT
Wagner's 'Parsifal' with Schager, McKinny, Groissböck and Pankratova from Bayreuth
Bayreuth Festival. Wagner's 'Parsifal' is an opera in three acts loosely based on Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach, a 13th-century epic poem of the Arthurian knight Parzival (Percival) and his quest for the Holy Grail (12th century). Performers:
Parsifal: Andreas Schager.
Amfortas: Ryan McKinny.
Gurnemanz: Günther Groissböck.
Kundry: Elena Pankratova.
Klingsor: Derek Welton.
Titurel: Wilhelm Schwinghammer.
Bayreuth Festival Choir and Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
Recorded 30 July.
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