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Parsifal

on BBC Radio 3

Richard Wagner 's three-act music drama, live from the New York Met. With Jessye Norman and Placido Domingo. Kundry.
JESSYE NORMAN (soprano) Parsifal...PLACIDO DOMINGO (tenor) Amfortas.... EKKEHARD WLASCHIHA
(bass-bantone)
Klingsor......AAGE HAUGLAND (bass) Gurnemanz... ROBERT LLOYD (bass) Tilurel
. PAUL PLISHKA (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera House conducted by James Levine Act 1
8.30 Under God
Conor Gearty talks to the American journalist Garry Wills about his new book, which is a study of religion in America.
9.00 Act 2
10.10 Met Moments
Two talks from the archives of live broadcasts from the Met: John Culshaw on Parsifal
(1979) and an interview with the Wagnerian soprano Kirsten Flagstad (1955).
10.40 Act 3
(An EBU presentation in association with the Texaco
Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network)
0 MUSIC AND ARTS: page 12

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Wagner
Unknown:
Jessye Norman
Soprano:
Jessye Norman
Bass-Bantone:
Ekkehard Wlaschiha
Bass:
Robert Lloyd
Bass:
. Paul Plishka
Conducted By:
James Levine
Talks:
Conor Gearty
Unknown:
Garry Wills
Unknown:
John Culshaw
Soprano:
Kirsten Flagstad

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