Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Movie - 264mins
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.
Cast:
Wendy
White
Gwineth
Bean
James
Levine
Garrick
Utley
MET
Orchestra
Bernd
Weikl
Siegfried
Jerusalem
Waltraud
Meier
Kurt
Moll
Jan-Hendrik
Rootering
Franz
Mazura
Heidi
Grant
Jane
Bunnell
John
Horton
Bernard
Fitch
Paul
Groves
Jeffrey
Wells
Kaaren
Erickson
Korliss
Uecker
Gwyne
Geyer
Wendy
White
Gwineth
Bean
James
Levine
Garrick
Utley
MET
Orchestra
Bernd
Weikl
Siegfried
Jerusalem
Waltraud
Meier
Kurt
Moll
Jan-Hendrik
Rootering