PARSIFAL

This is a list of all the complete (or abridged) recordings of PARSIFAL in THE DURBECK ARCHIVE. All opera entries in THE DURBECK ARCHIVE are fully documented, as shown immediately below. Following this fully documented entry is a listing of all of the other complete recordings of PARSIFAL in THE DURBECK ARCHIVE. These listings are in an abbreviated form, listed in the chronological order of their recording dates.



This is a full document entry

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About this opera

Opera: PARSIFAL (1882)
Libretto: Text by the composer
Composer: Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
National Origin: NO/German

 
About this recording

Set Number: SLPX 12784/85/86/86/88
Individual LP Numbers: SLPX 12784, SLPX 12785, SLPX 12786,
                                 SLPX 12787, SLPX 12788
Label: Hungaroton
Phonics: stereo
Number of LPs: 5 - 12" LPs; manual playing sequence
Accompanying Text: libretto (Hungarian, German),
                             liner notes in Hungarian
Recording Location: Budapest; Hungarian State Opera House
Recording Date: 13 February 1983
Year: 1983
Packaging:  single hinge, standard size opera box
Autographs: (Inscribed, "ez én vagyok!, Polgár László");                        translation, "This is me" - he signed on his photo
                  on the box cover
Notes: Live performance

 
About the performers

Conductor: János Ferencsik
Orchestra: A Magyar Állami Operaház Ének és Zenekara;
               András Fehér, dir.

CAST:

Role ......................................................... Performer

Parsifal: ............................................................................... András Molnár
Gurnemanz: .......................................................................... László Polgár
Amfortas: ................................................................. Sándor Sólyom-Nagy
Titurel: ................................................................................. Ferenc Szalma
Klingsor: ............................................................................. András Faragó
Kundry: ................................................................................. Katalin Kasza
Gralsritter: #1 ............................................................................ Atilla Fülöp
Gralsritter: #2 ............................................................................ János Tóth
Knappen: #1 ......................................................................... Ilona Hankiss
Knappen: #2 ............................................................................ Jutta Bokor
Knappen: #3 .................................................................. Ferenc Gerdesits
Knappen: #4 ........................................................................ András Laczó
Blumenmädchen: I, #1 ...................................................... Magda Kalmár
Blumenmädchen: I, #2 ............................................................. Katalin Piti
Blumenmädchen: I, #3 ..................................................... Tamara Takács
Blumenmädchen: II, #1 ......................................................... Ágnes Decsi
Blumenmädchen: II, #2 .................................................... Mariá Zémpleni
Blumenmädchen: II, #3 ............................................. Maria Teresa Uribe
Altsolo: .................................................................................... Eszter Póka

Note: roles not included in the above cast are not listed on this specific recording.


Remaining recordings of PARSIFAL in THE DURBECK ARCHIVE
Note: in the Wagner Opera Discography, all of these operas will
be listed in full document form just as the one shown above and
not in the abbreviated form as listed below.

 

(listed in abbreviated form e.g. year of recording; performer of the role of Parsifal; the conductor; the orchestra


1928 Parsifal ............................................................................................ Gotthelf Pistor
Karl Muck;  Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth, Berlin State Opera Orchestra

1938 Parsifal ......................................................................................... Lauritz Melchior
Artur Bodanzky (Acts I and III); Erich Leinsdorf (Act II) Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 

1950 Parsifal ............................................................................................ Africo Baldelli
Vittorio Gui;   RAI Roma Orchestra

1950 Parsifal ............................................................................................ Africo Baldelli
Vittorio Gui;   RAI Roma Orchestra

1950 Parsifal ............................................................................................ Africo Baldelli
Vittorio Gui;   RAI Roma Orchestra

1951 Parsifal ................................................................................ Wolfgang Windgassen
Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth

1951 Parsifal ................................................................................ Wolfgang Windgassen
Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth

1951 Parsifal ................................................................................ Wolfgang Windgassen
Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth

1951 Parsifal ................................................................................ Wolfgang Windgassen
Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth

1953 Parsifal ............................................................................................. Ramón Vinay
Clemens Krauss;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth

1953 Parsifal ............................................................................................. Ramón Vinay
Clemens Krauss;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth

1954 Parsifal ............................................................................................. Set Svanholm
Fritz Stiedry;   The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

1956 Parsifal ............................................................................................. Ramón Vinay
Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth

1956 Parsifal ............................................................................................. Ramón Vinay
Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth

1958 Parsifal ................................................................................................ Hans Beirer
Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth

1958 Parsifal ................................................................................................ Hans Beirer
Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth

1960 Parsifal ........................................................................................... Sándor Kónya
André Cluytens;   Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

1962 Parsifal .............................................................................................. Jess Thomas
Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth

1962 Parsifal .............................................................................................. Jess Thomas
Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth

1962 Parsifal .............................................................................................. Jess Thomas
Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth

1962 Parsifal .............................................................................................. Jess Thomas
Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth

1962 Parsifal .............................................................................................. Jess Thomas
Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth

1964 Parsifal ................................................................................................ Jon Vickers
Hans Knappertsbusch;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth

1970 Parsifal ................................................................................................ James King
Pierre Boulez;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth

1970 Parsifal ................................................................................................ James King
Pierre Boulez;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth

1972 Parsifal ................................................................................................ René Kollo
Georg Solti;   Wiener Philharmoniker

1972 Parsifal ................................................................................................ René Kollo
Georg Solti;   Wiener Philharmoniker

1975 Parsifal ................................................................................................ René Kollo
Herbert Kegel;   Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester Leipzig

1980 Parsifal ........................................................................................... Peter Hofmann
Herbert von Karajan;   Berliner Philharmoniker

1982 Parsifal ..................................................................................... Siegfried Jerusalem
Marek Janowski;    No orchestra listed

1983 Parsifal ........................................................................................... András Molnár
János Ferencsik;   Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

1984 Parsifal ....................................................................................... Warren Ellsworth
Reginald Goodall;   Welsh National Opera Orchestra

1985 Parsifal ........................................................................................... Peter Hofmann
James Levine;   Das Festspielorchester Bayreuth


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