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NARGENFESTIVAL 2011

 PARSIFAL
Richard Wagner’s opera in three acts, libretto by the composer
World premiere: July 26th, 1882 at Bayreuth Festspielhaus
August 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2011 at 18.00 in Noblessner Foundry within the frameworks of European Capital of Culture Tallinn 2011 and Nargenfestival

Music Director and Conductor: Arvo Volmer
Conductor: Risto Joost
Stage Director: Nicola Raab (Germany)
Associate Director and Fight Choreographer: Ran Arthur Braun (Israel)
Designer: Robert Innes Hopkins (UK)
Lighting Designer: David Cunningham (Scotland)

Cast: Parsifal – Richard Decker (U.S.A)/Roman Sadnik (Austria), Gurnemanz – Manfred Hemm (Germany)/Denis Sedov (Israel), Kundry – Irmgard Vilsmaier (Germany)/Magdalena Anna Hofmann (Austria), Amfortas – Eike Wilm Schulte (Germany)/Rauno Elp, Klingsor – Martin Winkler (Austria), Titurel – Mart Laur/Priit Volmer, etc.

Sung in German, with subtitles in Estonian and English

 

Tickets available since October 1, 2010! Ticket price 290–790 EEK (18.50–50.50 EUR).

Limited number of exclusive tickets available that ensure you the best place in the venue and a catering service by Estonian National Opera Catering during the intermission! Price 1205 EEK (77.00 EUR).

 

Parsifal is Richard Wagner’s last opera, being also one of the most complicated musical works challenging the soloists, orchestra and chorus. Parsifal is an extremely expressive piece of work. It is the only opera that has been written taking into consideration the special acoustics and possibilities of Wagner’s opera theatre Bayreuth Festspielhaus. Therefore, the composer called the opera “festivity dedicated to stage” and prohibited its staging outside the Bayreuth opera house for 30 years. In 1903, the court granted the Metropolitan Opera the right to stage the opera. The estimated number of opera visitors at the Noblessner Forgery is 10,000 and the enlarged size of the orchestra and chorus, altogether two hundred people, makes it one of the grandest classical music projects within the past years.

 

The performing of Parsifal for the first time in Estonia is an outstanding way to celebrate the naming of Tallinn the European Capital of Culture 2011.