Parsifal (DVD): Harry Kupfer, Daniel Barenboim, Waltraud Meier, Poul Elming, John Tomlinson
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Staged by: Harry Kupfer
Parsifal: Poul Elming
Kundry: Waltraud Meier
Amfortas: Falk Struckmann
Gurnemanz: John Tomlinson
Kllingsor: Günter von Kannen
Titurel: Fritz Hübner
Flowermaidens: Carola Höhn, Brigitte Eisenfeld, Borjana Mateewa, Carola Nossek, Laura Aikin, Elvira Dreßen;
Knights: Peter Bindszus, Gerd Wolf
Squires: Peter Menzel, Andreas Schmidt, Elvira Dreßen, Efrat Ben-Nun
Alto: Rosemarie Lang
Parsifal on DVD
Harry Kupfer / Daniel Barenboim (Berlin)
Waltraud Meier, Poul Elming, John Tomlinson |
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (film, 1981)
Reiner Goldberg, Aage Haugland, Lloyd, Minton |
Lehnhoff / Kent Nagano ( Baden-Baden)
Waltraud Meier, Christopher Ventris, Matti Salminen, Tom Fox, Thomas Hampson |
Hans Hollmann / Bernard Haitink
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Otto Schenk / James Levine
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Wolfgang Wagner / Stein
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Tiroler Festspiele Erl / Gustav Kuhn
Thomas Gazheli, Manfred Hemm, Michael Baba, Michael Kupfer, Emanuela Barazia |
Timings Parsifal Vorspiel / Prelude Act 1
| 10'12" | Herbert Kegel, Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, 1978 |
| 10'23" | Gustav Kuhn, Tiroler Festspiele, 2006 |
| 10'27" | Pierre Boulez, Bayreuth, 1970 (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| 11'03" | Christian Thielemann, recorded at Staatsoper, Wien in June 2005 (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| 11'05" | Bruno Walter, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (From the Album Orchestral Music - Beethoven, L. Van / Mendelssohn, Felix / Weber, C.M. Von (Studio Recordings - 1920's and 30's, Vol. 1) (Walter) (1924-1927)) |
| 11'25" | Bernard Haitink, Opernhaus Zürich, April 2007 (DVD) |
| 11'26" | Horst Stein, Bayreuth, 24 June - 15 July 1981 (DVD) |
| 11'35" | Erich Leinsdorf, SWR Sinfonieorchester (No year) |
| 11'40" | Kent Nagano, Baden-Baden, 6 and 8 August 2004 (DVD) |
| 11'50" | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth, 1958 |
| 11'56" | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth, 1963 |
| 11'57" | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth, 1962 |
| 12'00" | Hartmut Haenchen, Amsterdam, 1993 |
| 12'00" | Hartmut Haenchen, Paris, 2008 |
| 12'03" | Armin Jordan (Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's Parsifal film, 1982) |
| 12'03" | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth, 1964 |
| 12'07" | Clemens Krauss, Bayreuth, 1953 |
| 12'07" | Hartmut Haenchen, Copenhagen, 2012 |
| 12'07" | Jun Märkl, Semperoper Dresden, 19.Februar 2006 |
| 12'08" | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth, 1959 |
| 12'08" | Hartmut Haenchen, Brüssel, 2011 |
| 12'15" | Jaap van Zweden, Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Concert performance. |
| 12'15" | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth, 1960 |
| 12'24" | Philippe Jordan, Bayreuth 2012 |
| 12'31" | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth, 1961 |
| 12'32" | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth, 1956 |
| 12'41" | Valery Gergiev, Marinski Orchestra 2010 (Marinskilabel) |
| 12'47" | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth, 1957 |
| 12'47" | Daniele Gatti, Metropolitan Opera, 2 March 2013, live on BBC Radio 3 |
| 12'59" | Felix Mottl, Freiburg, 1907, piano roll |
| 13' | Richard Wagner, Bayreuth, 25 December 1878 (Voss: Die Dirigenten der Bayreuther Festspiele) |
| 13'03" | Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia, 1960 |
| 13'06" | Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony, 1940 |
| 13'15" | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth, 1952 |
| 13'18" | Daniele Gatti, Bayreuth, 2010 (Stefan Herheim's Parsifal production). In 2008 Gatti conducted the prelude one minute slower. |
| 13'29" | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth, 1954 (Melodram release timing. Seven Seas has 13'15" and Tara 13'35") |
| 13'47" | Daniel Barenboim, Berliner Philharmoniker, 1989-90. Available on Daniel Barenboim: Complete Wagner Operas (34 CD) |
| 13'51" | Reginald Goodall (EMI - 1984) |
| 13'53" | Hans Knappertsbusch, Berlin, 1943 |
| 13'57" | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth, 31 July 1951 |
| 13'59" | Fritz Busch, Buenos Aires, 1936 |
| 14'03" | Wilhelm Furtwängler, Berlin, 1938 |
| 14'13" | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth, July-August, 1951 |
| 14'14" | Herbert von Karajan (1981, Deutsche Grammophon) |
| 14'18" | Fritz Reiner, New York, 1938 |
| 14'20" | Daniele Gatti, Bayreuth, 2008. Premiere of Stefan Herheim's Parsifal production. Two years later, Gatti conducted the prelude one minute faster. |
| 14'30" | Richard Wagner, Munich, 12 November 1880 |
| 15'06" | Arturo Toscanini, London, 1935 |
| 15'30" | Artur Bodanzky, New York, 1938 |
| 15'35" | Rudolf Kempe, Wiener Philharmoniker, 1958 (Seraphim). Concert ending. |
| 15'53" | Karl Muck, Berlin, 1927 |
| 16'23" | James Levine, Bayreuth, July/August 1985 |
| 16'38" | Erich Kleiber, New York, 1946 |
Sources: Jonathan Brown (Great Wagner Conductors), Per-Erik Skramstad, Hartmut Haenchen, Vic White, Pieter Berghs