Parsifal
Stage Dedication Festival Play (Bühnenweihfestpiel)
Words and Music by Richard Wagner
This was a new production for the Lyric Opera of Chicago that opened on 9th November 2013 and played in repertoire until 29th November.
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
| Gurnemanz | Kwangchul Youn |
| 1st Knight of the Grail | John Irvin |
| 2nd Knight of the Grail | Richard Ollarsaba |
| 1st Esquire | Angela Mannino |
| 2nd Esquire | J’nai Bridges |
| 3rd Esquire | Matthew DiBattista |
| 4th 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 Wade |
| 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 |
| Titurel Actors | Roy Fisher & Dennis Delavara |
| Children | Michael Goto, Liam Jones, Sophia Jones, Henry Lunn, Kubelu Muhammad, Ben Parkhill, Jahbril Porter, Henry Pratt & Ajani Upton |