Wagner: Parsifal - opera

[EveningStar]

I wish I had thought of posting this Thursday. No matter.

I was wondering if anyone knows of any upcoming broadcasts of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal, which is frequently heard during the Easter season. It doesn't matter whether it's live or recorded - recent or old.

If you do, and it's streamed, could you post the time of the broadcast and a link to the radio site? Also if you know of any TV performances, we'd like to know about those too. Thanks.

In the meantime, there are plenty of video clips on YouTube.

[EveningStar]

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[NewHampshireDuo]

Not this year but frequently I’ll listen to one of the Kna Bayreuth recordings over Easter weekend.

[ml/nj]

Check out http://operacast.com/. I didn't go through the entire schedule but there are at least a couple of extensive excerpts listed for tomorrow and the day after.

ML/NJ

[campaignPete R-CT]

I know parsifal self-zotted last year.

-cPete, who misses some of the odd folks who’ve left here.

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[Mike Darancette]

When I think of Easter Music I really don’t think Parsifal; though the music is pretty the story ain’t.

[Mike Darancette]

He is risen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-WF0PVi2FA

[MinuteGal]

"Parsifal is the kind of opera that starts at six o'clock. After it has been going for three hours you look at your watch and it says 6:20"

Richard Wagner's final opera, "Parsifal", premiered in 1880 at the Court Theater in Munich (King Ludwig II of Bavaria's realm).

The plot concerns itself with the legends of knighthood, the search for the Holy Grail (the chalice from which Christ drank at the Last Supper) and the Holy Spear (which pierced the side of the Redeemer).

Composer Wagner labored for 25 years from the date of the opera's conception to its finish.

Much later, Claude Debussy would comment: " 'Parsifal' is one of the loveliest movements of sound ever raised to the glory of music."

Said Jean Sibelius: "Nothing in this world has made so overwhelming an impression on me as 'Parsifal' ".

At Bayreuth a tradition has arisen that there is no applause after the solemn first act of the opera.

A musical, blessed Easter to all my fellow freeper classics lovers.

Leni

[MrsPatriot]

He is risen indeed. Hallelujah!

[Cincinna]

Leni
A blessed Easter to you and your family.
I love Parsifal and go everytime it is performed at the Met.
One of the great thrills of my life was hearing Placido Domingo sing the lead role.
The music is magnificent, an Opera lover’s dream

[MinuteGal]

Hi, Cinc.......I appreciate your Easter greeting.

I didn't know Placido did "Parsifal". I'm going to search for any recording of this. It must be pretty powerful stuff! Thanks for the enlightening comment.

Leni

[Emperor Palpatine]

Parsifal is my least favorite of Wagner’s works. I’ve always felt it was his attempt at creating the Aryan messiah.

That being said. I do find the singing of Windgassedn and Nilsson magnificent on the Knappertsbusch-led recording

[Emperor Palpatine]

Parsifal is my least favorite of Wagner’s works. I’ve always felt it was his attempt at creating the Aryan messiah.

That being said. I do find the singing of Windgassedn and Nilsson magnificent on the Knappertsbusch-led recording

[kalee]

Parsifal is my favorite and I especially love the Barenboim recording.