Name: Parsifal
Start: 2025-04-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-05-04T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Staatsoper

Admin

Staatsoper Hamburg

Stage director

Achim Freyer

Set designer

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Assistant Stage Director

Sebastian Bauer

Assistant Set designer

Moritz Nitsche

Assistant Costume designer

Petra Weikert

Video designer

Jakob Klaffs

Hugo Reis

Dramaturge

Klaus-Peter Kehr

Conductor

Patrick Hahn

Chorus master

Christian Günther

Singer

Baritone

Christoph Pohl

Amfortas

Bass

Han Kim

Titurel

Kwangchul Youn

Gurnemanz

Tenor

Benjamin Bruns

Parsifal

Bass-baritone

Mark Stone

Klingsor

Soprano

Iréne Theorin

Kundry

David Minseok Kang

Second Grail knight

Yeonjoo Katharina Jang

First flower maiden

Hellen Kwon

Second flower maiden

Orchestra

Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg

Sebastian Alphons

German

Hamburg

Germany

Staatsoper

Großes Haus

Parsifal Wagner, Richard

Public

Sharan Allad

English

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Mezzo-soprano

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

In his “Parsifal”, Wagner created a complex world of its own. It is complex because it consists of so many heterogeneous elements whose meaning is hard to comprehend, frequently drawing us onto paths leading nowhere. Thus, the many religious signs, symbols and rituals can only be understood as partial elements pointing to a world which must be interpreted as a whole. Elements of Christianity, such as the last supper, the goblet, blood, the spear and dove, or Schopenhauer’s idea that compassion might release man from his egocentricity, as well as Gnostic and Manichean motifs lead to partial interpretative approaches which are unsuitable for “Parsifal” as a whole. A theatrical world, however, can design a fictional cosmos in which all these elements can effectively participate, leaving the audience to interpret its own experiences as it sees fit.

Mit seinem „Parsifal“ hat Wagner eine komplexe Welt erschaffen. Komplex, weil sie aus so vielen heterogenen Elementen besteht, deren Sinnhaftigkeit schwer nachzuvollziehen ist und oft auf Fährten lockt, die ins Leere laufen. So lassen sich die vielen religiösen Zeichen, Symbole und kultischen Handlungen nur als Teile verstehen, die auf eine Welt verweisen, die nur als Ganzes zu deuten ist. Elemente des Christentums wie Abendmahl, Kelch, Blut, Speer und Taube oder Schopenhauers Idee, dass Mitleid den Menschen aus seiner Ichbezogenheit erlösen kann, auch gnostische und manichäische Motive sind als jeweils einzelne Interpretationsansätze untauglich für den ganzen „Parsifal“. Doch eine theatrale Welt kann einen fiktionalen Kosmos entwerfen, an dem alle diese Elemente wirkungsvoll teilhaben und der dem Publikum die Deutungshoheit seiner eigenen Erlebnisse überlässt.

Deutsch

Parsifal by Wagner, Richard, Mon 21 Apr 2025, From (2025/2025), Directed by Achim Freyer,, Conductor Patrick Hahn, Staatsoper, Hamburg, Germany

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