Easter Concert Vasily Petrenko Oslo Philharmonic Choir Richard Wagner

Date & Time

Fri, Apr 11, 2025, 19:00

Venue

Richard Wagner (1813–1883) first encountered the story of the knight Parsifal in 1845. In the spring of 1857, he sketched an opera based on the tale, and 25 years later, on 26 July 1882, Parsifal premiered in Wagner’s own opera house in Bayreuth. The composer himself did not call Parsifal an opera, but a Bühnenweihfestspiel, a “stage-festival-play” which was exclusively performed at Bayreuth. The work has a strong spiritual dimension characterized by Wagner’s interest in Christianity, Buddhism and philosophy. Parsifal... Read full text

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Musicians

Vasily Petrenko	Conductor
Toby Spence	Parsifal
Yngve Søberg	Amfortas
Franz-Josef Selig	Gurnemanz

Program

Parsifal, Act III

Richard Wagner

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