Wagner: Parsifal (Bayreuth 2023)

255 Min

Any new production of Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival – in the theatre for which Wagner conceived his "Bühnenweihfestspiel" – is a major operatic event. But US director Jay Scheib's new staging for the 2023 Festival, which will employ Augmented Reality, is likely to break new boundaries in terms of technological innovation – even for a theatre whose history is bound up with revolutionary theatrical ideas. Pablo Heras-Casado, making his Bayreuth debut, conducts a superb cast, with tenor Andreas Schager and mezzo Elīna Garanča – also making a highly anticipated Bayreuth debut as Kundry – leading the line-up alongside Georg Zeppenfeld's seasoned Gurnemanz.

Soloists: 

Derek Welton (Bass-Baritone), Elīna Garanča (Mezzo-Soprano), Georg Zeppenfeld (Bass), Tobias Kehrer (Bass), Jordan Shanahan (Baritone), Andreas Schager (Tenor)

Ensembles: 

Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Conductor: 

Pablo Heras-Casado