Wagner - Parsifal
by Horst Stein
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Actor: Bernd Weikl, Eva Randova, Hans Sotin, Leif Roar, Siegfried JerusalemDirector: Horst Stein
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: German (Original Language), DTS 5.1; German (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Chinese (Dubbed); English (Dubbed); French (Dubbed); German (Dubbed), DTS 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled, Surround Sound
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 232 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-11
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
Movie Reviews of Wagner - Parsifal
Movie Review: Buy This One, You Won't Regret It!
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, so there are many folks for whom the Kubelik and/or Knappertsbusch CD recordings are considered "superior". These arguments are not without merit. Both are tremendous recordings, with singing that can often chill the marrow.
But if you want either a first (or only) FILMED DVD performance of Parsifal, GET this one! This particular dvd has made me rank Parsifal as perhaps the greatest opera in Richard Wagner's repetoire, and that includes even the immense Ring.
Siegfried Jerusalem both looks and sounds perfectly young in this role, perhaps his best performance ever. I must also give many thanks to Hans Sotin for his portrayal of Gurnemanz, I often spin the 1st act just because Sotin is such a likable character. Sotin plays the part with a type of poise that makes him very easy to respect.
Randova is a without question an above average Kundry, I found her a bit shrieky in the second act, but I wonder if that just might be exactly how Wagner intended the angst to be portrayed.
Weikl is also quite good, perhaps better overall than in his Bayreuth Meistersinger dvd. His acting doesn't seem as overwrought and forced as many Amfortas portrayals have been in the past.
The sound on this is superb, and the picture is above average.
Overall, for anyone looking for a performance based on tradition, but not afraid to take a few chances from a directorial/staging persepctive, do NOT hesitiate to grab this one. You will find it more rewarding each successive time you watch it.
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