| Description |
1 DVD (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra and Chorus ; Valery Gergiev, conductor. |
| Cast |
Cast: Plácido Domingo (Parsifal, narrator) ; Violeta Urmana (Kundry) ; Matti Salminen (Gurnemanz) ; Nikolai Putilin (Klingsor) ; Feodor Mojhaev (Amfortas). |
| Event |
Filmed on location in St. Petersburg, Ravello, Siena and Bayreuth. Originally broadcast for television in 1997. |
| Summary |
Narrated by Plácido Domingo, this 90 minute film includes scenes from the Parsifal concert filmed at the Ravello Wagner Festival, explores the history of the grail tradition and how it has been represented in various works, and, details the background in which Wagner wrote his grail opera, Parsifal. |
| Language |
Dialogue in English and German ; sung in German with English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Parsifal.
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Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts. |
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Grail.
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Grail. |
| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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| Added Author |
Gergiev, Valeriĭ, 1953-
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Mozhaev, Fedor.
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Putilin, Nikolaĭ, 1954-
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Salminen, Matti.
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Urmana, Violeta.
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Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
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Palmer, Tony, 1941-
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Parsifal. Selections.
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Isolde Films Ltd.
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Voiceprint Records.
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Mariinskiĭ teatr (1991- ). Khor.
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Mariinskiĭ teatr (1991- ). Orkestr.
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| Note |
Title from container: Tony Palmer's film of Parsifal |
| Standard No. |
604388737802 |
| Music No. |
TP-DVD167 Voiceprint Records |
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