Wagner's Parsifal by François Girard returns to the Metropolitan Opera
Délégation générale du Québec à New York New York, NY Monday, February 5, 2018 to Tuesday, February 27, 2018Yannick Nézet-Séguin, music director designate at the Metropolitan Opera, will conduct Wagner’s transcendental score in François Girard’s remarkable production, a mystical theatrical journey while designer Michael Levine creates a surreal landscape.
Klaus Florian Vogt stars in the title role of the innocent who finds wisdom. His fellow Wagnerian luminaries include Evelyne Herlitzius as Kundry, Peter Mattei as Amfortas, Evgeny Nikitin as Klingsor, and René Pape as Gurnemanz.
Parisfal is a co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, the Opéra National de Lyon, and the Canadian Opera Company.
Presentations dates: February 5-27, 2018
- Estimated run time: 5 hrs 33 min
Tickets information
Lincoln Center | The Metropolitan Opera | 30 Lincoln Center Plaza | New York, NY | 212.362.6000
Parsifal video excerpt