Parsifal 1979

Parsifal

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1979

Parsifal is a music drama in three acts by the German composer Richard Wagner and was his last composition. First performed in 1882, it tells the story of Parsifal’s quest to save the Knights of the Holy Grail by returning the Holy Spear, healing King Amfortas, and carrying out the sacred ceremony of uncovering the Holy Grail.

Parsifal – Peter Hofmann
Kundry – Yvonne Minton
Gurnemanz – Kurt Moll
Klingsor – Franz Mazura
Amfortas – Norman Bailey
Titurel – Gwynne Howell

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor - Sir George Solti

Choreographer: Gillian Lynne