General Information
- Production title:Parsifal - Teatro Real Madrid (2016)
- Creation date:02/04/2016
- Work - Composer:Parsifal - Richard Wagner
- Opera house:Teatro Real.
Description
Co-production with the Zurich Opera and the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona
The première of Parsifal in major opera houses was not until 1914, the Bayreuth Festival having maintained the exclusivity of the opera since its opening in 1882. It was a huge success, in part because the opera score was to become one of the most momumental and inspiring scores in music history. As well, its turbulent theme was associated with the Great War and post-war era. Parsifal arrives after years of wanderings through the wilderness to save the Temple of the Grail, encapsulating the emotional climate in Europe at the time, a period of great sacrifice and hardship, collective disorientation and the desperate search for a leader. Parsifal, the innocent, compassionate "guileless fool", embodies the spirit of redemption. This is the starting point for the staging by German director Claus Guth. One of the most important names in contemporary staging, he makes his début at the Teatro Real with this most acclaimed production. The action takes place in a dilapidated hospital for war-wounded soldiers. Inspired by the sanatorium in The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, it embodies the trauma and despair following World War I, when hopes for a new leader led to disaster.
More information is available on the opera house's official website.
Schedule
April 02, 2016 19:00:00
April 06, 2016 19:00:00
April 09, 2016 19:00:00
April 12, 2016 19:00:00
April 15, 2016 19:00:00
April 18, 2016 19:00:00
April 21, 2016 19:00:00
April 24, 2016 18:00:00
April 27, 2016 19:00:00
April 30, 2016 19:00:00
Casting
Anna Puche
Ilona Krzywicka
Anna Puche
Alejandro Gonzalez
Work's characters list
Director
Conductor
Amfortas
Titurel
Gurnemanz
Parsifal
Parsifal
Klingsor
Kundry
Stimme aus der Höhe
Erster Gralsritter
Zweiter Gralsritter
Vierter Knappe
Blumenmädchen
Blumenmädchen
Blumenmädchen
Blumenmädchen
Blumenmädchen
Blumenmädchen
Erster Knappe
Zweiter Knappe
Dritter Knappe
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