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Proms 72

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

direct from the Royal Albert Hall London
Wagner: Parsifal, Act 1 (sung in German)

Royal Opera Chorus
Boys' Choir of Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree, director of music Alan Taylor
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez

Sc 1: A glade in the woods near the Castle of the Grail:
Sc 2: The hall in the Castle of the Grail

(Acts 2 and 3: Wed. 7.30 pm)
(This Week's Proms: page 21)
(Stereo)

Contributors

Amfortas:
Thomas Stewart (bar)
Titurel:
Gwynne Howell (bass-baritone)
Parsifal:
Jess Thomas (tenor)
Gurnemanz:
Louis Hendrikx (bass)
Kundry:
Janis Martin (soprano)
Knight of the Grail:
Edgar Evans (tenor)
Knight of the Grail:
Dennis Wicks (bass)
Esquire:
Nan Christie (soprano)
Esquire:
Georgetta Pharos (mezzo-sop)
Esquire:
David Lennox (tenor)
Esquire:
John Dobson (tenor)
A voice from on high:
Member of the Chorus
Singers:
Royal Opera Chorus
Singers:
Boys' Choir of Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree
Director of Music:
Alan Taylor
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Source: Radio Times

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