Richard Wagner: Parsifal
1993The Met production easily has the most beautiful staging, designed by Otto Schenck, who also produced the fabulous set for the Met's previous Ring cycle. Kurt Moll is a wonderful Gurnemanz, but compared to his studio recording under Karajan a decade earlier it has lost some of its original velvety body and luster. As Parsifal, Jerusalem is starting to show some wear and tear on his voice at the Met in 1992 as opposed to his prime form at Bayreuth in 1981, but is still quite good; only Placido Domingo could compete with him in the role at that time.
Acted in
Bernd Weikl
as Amfortas
Siegfried Jerusalem
as Parsifal
Waltraud Meier
as Kundry
Kurt Moll
as Gurnemanz
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
as Titurel
Franz Mazura
as Klingsor
Heidi Grant Murphy
as Knappe erste
Jane Bunnell
as Knappe zweite
John Horton Murray
as Knappe dritte
Bernard Fitch
as Knappe vierte
Paul Groves
as Ritter erste
Jeffrey Wells
as Ritter zweite
Kaaren Erickson
as Blumen zweite
Korliss Uecker
as Blumen vierte
Gwyne Geyer
as Blumen fünfte
Wendy White
as Blumen sechste
Gwineth Bean
as Self - Solo
James Levine
as Self - Conductor
Garrick Utley
as Self - Host
MET Orchestra