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Title:
Parsifal / by Richard Wagner ; libretto by the composer ; a co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, the Opera National de Lyon, and the Canadian Opera Company ; production by François Girard ; directed by Barbara Willis Sweete.
Author:
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883, composer, librettist.

Girard, François, 1963- producer.

Contains (work): Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Parsifal.

Adaptation of work from Wolfram, von Eschenbach, active 12th century.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), production company.

Opéra de Lyon, production company.

Canadian Opera Company, production company.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus, performer.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, performer.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Ballet, performer.

Sony Classical (Firm), film distributor.
Publication Information:
[United States] : Sony Classical, [2014]

©2014
Call Number:
M1500.W13 P323 2014 DISCS1-2
Abstract:
"François Girard's stunning post-apocalyptic production of Wagner's last opera Parsifal trailblazed the way for the Metropolitan Opera's centennial celebrations of the great composer"--Container.

Amfortas, the ruler of the knights of the Holy Grail is ailing from a wound given to him by Klingsor, who had been rejected by the knighthood. A prophecy says that he can only be saved by a "pure fool, enlightened by compassion." Klingsor knows that Parsifal is the person mentioned in the prophecy, and he enlists the mysterious woman Kundry, against her will, to seduce Parsifal and complete his revenge.
Series:
Metropolitan Opera HD live

Metropolitan Opera HD live.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (280 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 1 booklet (11 pages ; 18 cm.)
General Note:
Special features (Disc 1): Backstage at the Met with host Eric Owens: interviews with Jonas Kaufmann, René Pape, Peter Mattei, John Sellars, Katarina Dalayman, François Girard.

Booklet with program notes, synopsis, and scene listings inserted in container.

Based on the epic poem Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach.
Contents:
Disc 1. Act I; Extra features -- Disc 2. Act II - Act III.
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