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Wagner's Parsifal

Wagner's final music drama of sex, lust, forgiveness and compassion in a performance from the Bayreuth Festival starring Georg Zeppenfeld, Andreas Schager and Elīna Garanča.

Wagner's great final music drama in which he explores the opposing realms of lust and compassion - Sex and the Pity. Parsifal was the only work written expressly for the acoustics of his theatre in Bayreuth. The score abounds in the blended sonorities and rich harmonies of Wagner's late style. In his final masterpiece, Wagner entered the realm where drama and religion become one.

Martin Handley presents in conversation with Wagner expert Chris Walton.

Gurnemanz ..... Georg Zeppenfeld (bass)
Parsifal ..... Andreas Schager (tenor)
Kundry ..... Elīna Garanča (soprano)
Amfortas ..... Derek Welton (baritone)
Titurel ..... Tobias Kehrer (bass-baritone)
Klingsor ..... Jordan Shanahan (baritone)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado

4 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Sat 4 Nov 2023 18:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Parsifal - Act 1

    Singer: Georg Zeppenfeld. Singer: Andreas Schager. Singer: ElΔ«na Garanča. Singer: Derek Welton. Singer: Tobias Kehrer. Singer: Jordan Shanahan. Choir: Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele. Orchestra: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.

  • Richard Wagner

    Parsifal - Act 2

    Singer: Georg Zeppenfeld. Singer: Andreas Schager. Singer: ElΔ«na Garanča. Singer: Derek Welton. Singer: Tobias Kehrer. Singer: Jordan Shanahan. Choir: Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele. Orchestra: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.

  • Richard Wagner

    Parsifal - Act 3

    Singer: Georg Zeppenfeld. Singer: Andreas Schager. Singer: ElΔ«na Garanča. Singer: Derek Welton. Singer: Tobias Kehrer. Singer: Jordan Shanahan. Choir: Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele. Orchestra: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 1 in C major, K 279 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sat 4 Nov 2023 18:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3