PARSIFAL
ACT III WITH THE PRELUDE TO ACT 1

Opera
April 2025
Temple Church, London


Legends of the Knights Templar loom large in Wagner’s last music drama. Temple Church present a fully-staged performance of the final act heard in a new arrangement for 35-piece orchestra.

A joint production with Temple Music Foundation and The Honourable Society of The Inner Temple.


‘a chamber-scale Wagnerian triumph’
︎︎︎︎︎ - Music OMH
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︎︎︎︎ - The Observer
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‘A high-risk operatic paradox that paid off’ - Reaction
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Cast

Gurnemanz   
Simon Wilding

Parsifal           
Neal Cooper

Amfortas       
Freddie Tong

Kundry           
Natasha Jouhl

Titurel           
Paul Carey Jones


Credits

Music
Richard Wagner


Arranger

Prof. Matthew King


Director
Julia Burbach  

Conductor
Peter Selwyn

Set Designer
Claudia Fragoso

Costume Designer
Helen Hebert

Lighting Designer
Andy Purves
Production Manager
Ed Borgnis

Lighting Programmer
Ed Frearson


Assistant Directors
Talia Stern
Sam Rayner

Costume Supervisor
Katie Trevorrow

Stage Manager
Gusta Matthews

Orchestra
Orpheus Sinfonia

Assistant Conductor
Repetiteur
Kelvin Lim

Chorus Fixer
Soprano
Cressida Sharp


Production Photos