Wagner: Parsifal

Composer: Richard Wagner Artists: René Kollo (tenor), Ulrik Cold (bass), Theo Adam (bass),Gisela Schröter (contralto), Reid Bunger (baritone), Fred Teschler (bass), Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Thomanerchor Leipzig, Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Herbert Kegel (conductor) Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer, Google Play): Physical purchase: Wagner’s most elusive and enigmatic opera, Parsifal has given scholars much to think about it since its premiere in 1882. A cryptic mixture of Christian, pagan and oriental elements, as well as containing some nods to the 19th-century writings of Schopenhauer, the opera follows the medieval legend of the knights of the Holy Grail. With their leader Amfortas gravely injured, the Knights are in trouble, and turn to the unlikely hero Parsifal to steal bac