Posted December 19, 2013
Posted December 19, 2013
The Film Distributor Screenvision has announce US distribution of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden production of Parsifal will be screened in HD. This is a taped transmission and not live.
The cast is fabulous:
Parsifal – Simon O’Neill; Kundry – Angela Denoke; Gurnemanz – René Pape; Amfortas – Gerald Finley; Klingsor – Willard White in a Stephen Langridge production is conducted by Antonio Pappano
Local screenings are as follows:
San Francisco: Clay Theater January 9 5:00 p.m. (January 12 presentation has been cancelled)
Sacramento: Tower Theater January 11 and January 19
For WSNC members outside the Bay Area, do not despair, there are about a dozen screenings in various other locations.
Here is the website for more information and to purchase tickets – be advised that as of today’s date, the show times are not yet posted, however the Sunday performance is a matinee.
http://screenvision.com/cinema-events/parsifal/ see also:
WSNC Member Diane Parker was in London for a performance and said that it was magnificent.