

07/04/1993
The 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.

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
as
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