Parsifal
Stage Dedication Festival Play (Bühnenweihfestpiel)
9th November 2013
Lyric Opera of Chicago, Illinois
This was a new production for the Lyric Opera of Chicago that opened on 9th November 2013 and played in repertoire until 29th November.
Parsifal
| Words and Music by | Richard Wagner |
Creative Team
| Conductor | Andrew Davis |
| Director | John Caird |
| Set and Costumes | Johan Engels |
| Lighting | Duane Schuler |
| Chorus Master | Michael Black |
| Choreographer | Tim Claydon |
| Ballet Mistress | August Tye |
| Wig and Make-up Design | Sarah Hatten |
| Assistant Director | Paula Suozzi |
| Stage Manager | John W. Coleman |
| Stage Band Conductor | Philip Morehead |
| Musical Preparation | William C. Billingham / Matthew Piatt / Eric Weimer |
| Prompter | Susan Miller Hult |
| Ballet Rehearsal Accompanist | Yasuko Oura |
| English Surtitles | Francis Rizzo |
Cast
| Characters in order of vocal appearance: | |
| Gurnemanz | Kwangchul Youn |
| First Knight of the Grail | John Irvin |
| Second Knight of the Grail | Richard Ollarsaba |
| First Esquire | Angela Mannino |
| Second Esquire | J’Nai Bridges |
| Third Esquire | Matthew DiBattista |
| Forth Esquire | Adam Bonanni |
| Kundry | Daveda Karanas |
| Amfortas | Thomas Hampson |
| Parsifal | Paul Groves |
| Titurel | Runi Brattaberg |
| A Voice | Yvette Smith |
| Klingsor | Tómas Tómasson |
| Flowermaidens | Emily Birsan / J’Nai Bridges / Tracy Cantin / Kiri Deonarine / Angela Mannino / Laura Wilde |
| Principal Dancers | Tara Gragg / Leah Kahn / Demetrius McClendon / Todd Rhoades / Dori Santarsiere / J. P. Tenuta |
| Actors | Wesley Daniel / Marckarthur Johnson / Chris Lysy / Xander O’Connor / Jeremy Sonkin |
| Supernumeraries / Children | Roy Fisher / Dennis Delavara / Michael Goto / Liam Jones / Sophia Jones / Henry Lunn / Kubelu Muhammad / Ben Parkhill / Jahbril Porter / Henry Pratt / Ajani Upton |
Chorus
| Chorus Master | Michael Black |
| Regular Chorus | |
| Sopranos | Elisa Billey Becker / Jillian Bonczek / Sharon Garvey Cohen / Patricia A. Cook-Nicholson / Cathleen Dunn / Janet Farr / Desirée Hassler / Rachael Holzhausen / Laureen Janeczek-Wysocki / Stephani Kowallis / Kimberly McCord / Heidi Spoor / Elizabeth Anne Taylor / Sheryl Veal |
| Mezzos / Altos | Claudia A. Kerski-Nienow / Marianna Kulikova / Colleen Lovinello / Lynn Lundgren / Janet Mensen Reynolds / Yvette Smith / Marie Sokolova / Maia Surace / Laurie Seely Vassalli / Pamela Williams |
| Tenors | Jason Balla / Timothy Bradley / Harold Brock / William Combs / John J. Concepcion / Kenneth Donovan / Joseph A. Fosselman / Branden James / Lawrence Montgomery / Mark Nienow / James Odom / Thomas L. Potter / Walton Westlake |
| Barritones / Basses | Matthew Carroll / David DuBois / Scott Holmes / Robert Morrissey / Kenneth Nichols / Steven Pierce / Robert J. Prindle / Thomas Sillitti / Craig Springer / Jeffrey W. Taylor / Ronald Watkins |
| Core Supplementary Chorus | |
| Sopranos | Carla Janzen / Suzanne M. Post / Tanya Roberts / Christine Steyer |
| Mezzos / Altos | Corinne Wallace-Crane / Michelle Wrighte |
| Tenors | Geoffrey Agpalo / Javier Bernardo / Dane Thomas |
| Basses | Kirk Greiner / Nicolai Janitzky / Martin Lower Poock |
| Supplementary Chorus | |
| Sopranos | Elena Batman / Rosalind Lee / Kaileen Miller / Susan Nelson / Diana Stoic |
| Mezzos / Altos | Amy Anderson de Jong / Silvie Jensen / Elda Peralta / Sarah Ponder / Carolyn Jeanette Stein |
| Tenors | Curtis Bannister / Scott J. Brunscheen / Robert Cunningham / Matthew Daniel / Joseph A. Diehl / Jared V. Esguerra / Klaus Georg / Matthew Giebel / Luther Lewis / Anthony P. McGlaun / Stephen Paul Mollica / Patrick Muehleise / Brett Potts / Christopher Probus / Peder Reiff / Adam J. Smith |
| Baritones / Basses | Michael Boschert / Michael Cavalieri / Tameron Conseur / Edward Hanlon / Oliver Neal Medina / Wilbur Pauley / Douglas Peters / Aaron Reeder / Dan Richardson / Joseph T. Roberts / Michael Roemer / Todd von Felker / Vince Wallace / Max Wier |
Orchestra
| Music Staff | |
| Head of Music Staff | Philip Morehead |
| Music Staff | Emanuele Andrizzi / William C. Billingham / Elizabeth Buccheri / Susan Miller Hunt / Francesco Milioto / Jerad Mosbey / Matthew Piatt / Craig Terry / Eric Weimer |
| Orchestra | |
| Violin I | Robert Haniford (Concertmaster) / Sharon Polifrone (Assistant Concertmaster) / Alexander Belavsky / Kathleen Brauer / Pauli Ewing / Bing Y. Grant / David Hildner / Ellen Hildner / Laura Miller / Eugene Pazin / Liba Schacht / Heather Wittels |
| Violin II | Yin Shen (Principal) / John Macfarlane (Assistant Principal) / Bonita Di Bello / Diane Duraffourg-Robinson / Teresa Kay Fream / Peter Labella / Ann Palen / Irene Radetzky / John D. Robinson / David Volfe / Albert Wang |
| Viola | Carol Cook (Principal) / Terri Van Valkinburgh (Assistant Principal) / Frank W. Babbitt / Eva Carol Beck / Patrick Brennan / Sunghee Choi / Karl Davies / Melissa Trier Kirk |
| Cello | Walter Preucil (Acting Principal) / Mark Brandfonbrener (Acting Principal) / Patrick Jee (Assistant Principal) / Bronwyn Banerdt / William H. Cernota / Laura Deming / Barbara Haffner / Paula Kosower / Judy Stone |
| Bass | Michael Geller (Principal) / Brian Ferguson (Assistant Principal) / Andrew L. W. Anderson / Avetino E. Calvetti, Jr. / Gregory Sarchet / Collins R. Trier |
| Flute | Marie Tachouet (Principal) / Dionne Jackson (Assistant Principal) / Alyce Johnson |
| Piccolo | Alyce Johnson |
| Oboe | Judith Kulk (Principal) / Robert E. Morgan (Assistant Principal) / Judith Zunamon Lewis |
| Cor Anglais (English Horn) | Robert E. Morgan |
| Clarinet | Charlene Zimmerman (Principal) / Linda A. Baker (Acting Assistant Principal) / Susan Warner (Co-Assistant Principal) / Sergey Gutorov |
| Bass Clarinet | Linda A. Baker |
| Bassoon | James T. Berkenstock (Principal) / Lewis Kirk (Assistant Principal) / Preman Tilson |
| Contrabassoon | Lewis Kirk |
| Horn | Jonathan Boen (Principal) / Fritz Foss (Assistant Principal/Utility Horn) / Robert E. Johnson (Third Horn) / Neil Kimel / Lisa von Pechmann / Paul Straka |
| Trumpet | William Denton (Principal) / Matthew Comerford (Co-Assistant Principal) / Channing Philbrick (Co-Assistant Principal) |
| Trombone | Jeremy Moeller (Principal) / Mark Fisher (Assistant Principal) / John Schwalm |
| Bass Trombone | John Schwalm |
| Tuba | Andrew Smith (Principal) |
| Harp | Marguerite Lynn Williams (Principal) |
| Timpani | Edward Harrison (Principal) |
| Percussion | Michael Green (Principal) / Douglas Waddell (Assistant Principal) / Eric Millstein |
| Librarian | John Rosenkrans (Principal) |
| Personel Manager | Peter Labella |
| Stageband Contractor | Christine Janicki |
Production Credits
| Scenery constructed by | Bay Productions, Cardiff, Wales |
| Costume supervision by | Steppenwolf Theatre Costume Shop, Chicago |
| Costumes for knights and principals built by | Steppenwolf Theatre Costume Shop, Chicago |
| Costumes for Flowermaidens, swans, horses, Klingsor, and assistant built by | Seams Unlimited, Racine, Wisconsin |
| Flowermaiden speciality painting and dyeing by | Iris Color Studio, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Speciality printing by | Clauma Design, Vienna, Austria |
| Parsifal's armour by | Robert Allsopp & Associates, London, United Kingdom |
| Design Assistant | Matt Rees |
| Projected English titles by | Francis Rizzo |