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Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
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In 2026, the Bayreuth Festival Theatre celebrates its 150th anniversary. The only work tailor-made for Bayreuth is «Parsifal», which premiered in July 1882. As the second Bayreuth guest performance after 2024, Pablo Heras-Casado conducts excerpts from the piece with the Austrian Kammersänger Andreas Schager in the main role.
Program and cast
Cast
orchestra: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Kundry: Miina-Liisa Värela
Parsifal: Andreas Schager
Amfortas/Slices: Jordan Shanahan
Gurnemanz: Georg Zeppenfeld
Program
Richard WagnerExcerpts from «Parsifal»
Prelude to Act One
"Titurel, the pious hero"
"The king returns home from the bath"
“A painful legacy”
Prelude to Act Two
"Did I dream all of this?"
Prelude to Act Three
"Good Friday Magic"
Finale of the third act
Grafenegg Festival, Austria
The Grafenegg Music Festival is a new major international Austrian festival for classical music close to Vienna. The annual festival takes place on the grounds of Grafenegg Castle. Two major venues have been built for the festival in the park of the castle: The open-air stage Wolkenturm (capacity 1,730, opened 2007) as well as the new concert hall Auditorium (capacity 1,372, opened 2008).
The artistic director is pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. The festival's program consists of symphonic and chamber music as well as recitals. International guest orchestras are performing as well as the Austrian Tonkünstler Orchestra, which serves as orchestra in residence. The first festival started on August, 23rd, 2007 and lasted until September, 9th, 2007.
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