30th July
Concert will begin at 18:00 hours GMT
Wagner's 'Parsifal' with Schager, Volle, Gubanova, Kehrer and Zeppenfeld from Bayreuth
Bayreuth Festival. Wagner's 'Parsifal' is an opera in three acts. It is loosely based on Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, the 13th century epic poem of the Arthurian knight Parzival (Percival) and his quest for the Holy Grail, and on Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, the Story of the Grail. Performers:
Parsifal: Andreas Schager.
Amfortas: Michael Volle.
Titurel: Tobias Kehrer.
Gurnemanz: Georg Zeppenfeld.
Klingsor: Jordan Shanahan.
Kundry: Ekaterina Gubanova.
Bayreuth Festival Choir and Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras Casado.
Delayed broadcast. Also broadcast by NDR Kultur, MDR Klassik, WDR 3, SWR Kultur, HR 2 Kultur, SR Kultur and Radio 3-RBB.
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