Parsifal - Opera - Season 17/18 Programming

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Parsifal

Opéra Bastille - from 13 to 23 May 2018

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Parsifal

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Opéra Bastille - from 13 to 23 May 2018

5h10 with 2 intervals

Language : German

Surtitle : French / English

Opening night : 13 May 2018

About

In few words:

From the prelude of Parsifal onwards, we are under a spell cast by music of sacred dimensions, tinged with esotericism and Buddhist and Christian references bearing a universal yet sibylline message. How do we comprehend a work that we must traverse like a forest of symbols? Who is Parsifal?
The ultimate incarnation of the new man on whom Wagner meditated all his life? Beginning with the legend of Percival and the Holy Grail, the composer brought his reflections on the fight between good and evil to their ultimate conclusion from which are born the virtues of compassion and renunciation, Richard Jones takes up the challenge of unifying time and space in the composer’s final operatic gesture: Ein Bühnenweihfestspiel or festival play for the consecration of the stage, unique in its beauty.

Parsifal

Opera in three acts

Music :

Richard Wagner

Libretto :

Richard Wagner

Conductor :

Philippe Jordan

Director :

Richard Jones

Set design :

ULTZ

Costume design :

ULTZ

Lighting design :

Mimi Jordan Sherin

Choreography :

Lucy Burge

Chorus master :

José Luis Basso
Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine / Chœur d’enfants de l’Opéra national de Paris
Amfortas :

Peter Mattei

Titurel :

Reinhard Hagen

Gurnemanz :

Günther Groissböck

Klingsor :

Evgeny Nikitin

Kundry :

Anja Kampe

Parsifal :

Andreas Schager

Zwei Gralsritter :

Gianluca Zampieri

Luke Stoker

Vier Knappen :

Alisa Jordheim

Megan Marino

Michael Smallwood

Franz Gürtelschmied

Klingsors Zaubermädchen :

Anna Siminska

Katharina Melnikova

Samantha Gossard

Tamara Banjesevic

Marie‑Luise Dressen

Anna Palimina

Eine Altstimme aus der Höhe :

Daniela Entcheva

Performances

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Gallery

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1/2:

Dessine-moi Parsifal

2/2:

Pelléas et Mélisande & Parsifal par Philippe Jordan

Media coverage

Le ténor a une projection et une éloquence inouïes, la soprano un lyrisme et une intensité incandescents, le baryton une palette expressive tout entière au service de l'incarnation.
Christian Merlin, Le Figaro, 15.05.2018
Dans la fosse, Philippe Jordan a déroulé chaque note, chaque nuance, chaque ligne, chaque dynamique du « Prélude » dans une sorte de hors temps hallucinatoire.
Marie-Aude Roux, Le Monde 15.05.2018
Sonorités superbes, délié des cordes et chant des bois impeccables, nuances d’un constant raffinement, l’Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris prouve une fois encore que l’écriture wagnérienne et ses sortilèges instrumentaux lui permettent de se hisser parmi les plus envoûtantes phalanges symphoniques.
Emmanuelle Giuliani, La Croix 15.05.2018

About the work

Parsifal ... And Sound became Space

By Marion Mirande
Draw-me Parsifal

By The Motion Fighters
Breaking the Rules

By Marion Mirande and Simon Hatab
“Who is the Grail?”

By Simon Hatab

Partners

With the exceptional support of Bertrand and Elisabeth Meunier

Ce spectacle sera retransmis sur France Musique le 3 juin 2018 à 20h.

Media and technical partners

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