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Harry Kupfer's Parsifal production (1992)

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Important years in Richard Wagner's life

1813 born in Leipzig
1834 Die Feen completed
1843 Holländer premiere
1845 Tannhäuser premiere
1850 Lohengrin premiere
1852 text of Rheingold and Walküre
1854 Das Rheingold completed
1856 Die Walküre completed
1859 Tristan completed
1865 Tristan premiere in Munich
1868 Meistersinger premiere
1869 Das Rheingold premiere
1870 Die Walküre premiere
1871 Siegfried completed
1874 Götterdämmerung completed
1876 First Festival in Bayreuth
1882 Parsifal premiere
1883 Wagner dies in Venice

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Bernd Weikl

Bernd Weikl has been among the finest and most relieable Wagner baritones for several decades. He has made numerous recording, and can be experienced on several Wagner DVDs. Weikl has appeared 41 times at the Bayreuth Festival between 1972 and 1996. He has a wide repertoir, but is best known for his Wagner and Strauss roles.

Bernd Weikl at the Bayreuth Festival

1972

Tannhäuser (Wolfram von Eschenbach)

1973

Tannhäuser (Wolfram von Eschenbach)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Ein Nachtwächter)

1974

Tannhäuser (Wolfram von Eschenbach)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Ein Nachtwächter)

1975

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Ein Nachtwächter)
Parsifal (Amfortas)

1976

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Ein Nachtwächter)
Parsifal (Amfortas)

1977

Tannhäuser (Wolfram von Eschenbach)
Parsifal (Amfortas)

1978

Tannhäuser (Wolfram von Eschenbach)
Parsifal (Amfortas)

1979

Lohengrin (Der Heerrufer)
Parsifal (Amfortas)

1980

Lohengrin (Der Heerrufer)
Parsifal (Amfortas)

1981

Lohengrin (Der Heerrufer)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Hans Sachs)
Parsifal (Amfortas)