Various - Richard Wagner: Parsifal

In Palermo where Richard Wagner composed this monumental opera during a long stay, conductor Omer Meir Wellber makes a highly successful debut as music director of Palermo�s Teatro Massimo, architecturally and artistically one of Italy�s most impressive opera houses. 'With the Teatro Massimo�s excellent orchestra he succeded in a reading that was absolutely straight forward' (Opera Today). The singers are excellently cast especially Julian Hubbard as Parsifal 'who was a sensation' (neue musikzeitung). Stage director 'Graham Vick strips Parsifal of mysticism to deliver a powerful indictment of divisive ideologies' (Musical America).