Wagner: Parsifal

Richard WagnerPARSIFALAmfortas – Falk StruckmannTiturel – Matthias HölleGurnemanz – Hans SotinParsifal – Poul ElmingKlingsor – Ekkehard WlaschihaKundry – Linda WatsonBayreuth Festival Chorus and OrchestraGiuseppe Sinopoli, conductorWolfgang Wagner, stage director and set designerRecorded live from the Bayreuth Festival, 1998.Picture format: NTSC 16:9 anamorphicSound format: PCM Stereo / DTS 5.1Region code: 0 (worldwide)Subtitles: German, English, French, SpanishRunning time: 268 minsNo. of DVDs: 2 (DVD 9)R E V I E W:WAGNER Parsifal • Giuseppe Sinopoli, cond; Poul Elming ( Parsial ); Linda Watson ( Kundry ); Falk Struckmann ( Amfortas ); Hans Sotin ( Gurnemanz ); Ekkehard Wlaschiha ( Klingsor ); Matthias Hölle ( Titurel ); Bayreuth Fest Ch & O • ORFEO 10561 (2 DVDs: 268:00) Live: Bayreuth 7/6–13/1998 For the most part, in recent decades the Bayreuth Festival has been a veritable chamber of horrors when it comes to opera stagings, the most recent example being the widely pub