Amfortas and Gurnemanz

Published: Dec. 9, 2008, 3:35 a.m.

I have more recently come to love the opera Parsifal, especially the roles of Amfortas and Gurnemanz. The depth of emotion and the spirituality of their music are so touching and I am presenting both the Amfortas act one monologue and part of the act three Good Friday scene:

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Amfortas:\xa0 Paul Schoeffler, George London,Thomas Stewart, Thomas Quasthoff.

Gurnemanz and Parsifal:\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hans Hotter/Jon Vickers,
\xa0 Franz-Josef Selig/Placido Domingo, Franz Crass/Sandor Konya
\xa0\xa0Ludwig Weber/Wolfgang Windgassen, Alexander Kipnis/Rene Maison.

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