Conductor: Daniele Gatti; Production: François Girard;
Cast: Katarina Dalayman, Jonas Kaufmann, Peter Mattei, Evgeny Nikitin, René Pape. 340mins with interval
Jonas Kaufmann makes his Met role debut as the title character in Parsifal, conducted by Daniele Gatti and directed by noted film and opera director François Girard in his Met debut. The cast also features Katarina Dalayman as Kundry, the mystical woman who tempts Parsifal; Peter Mattei in his role debut as Amfortas, king of the Knights of the Holy Grail; René Pape in one of his greatest roles, the wise old knight Gurnemanz; and Evgeny Nikitin as the magician Klingsor.