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[Met Performance] CID:32260

United States Premiere, New Production

Parsifal
Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, December 24, 1903

Debut : Otto Goritz, Paula Braendle, Willy Harden, Julius Bayer, Elsa Harris, Miss Berndorf, Miss Clare, Jessie Clevinger, Miss Curtis, Minnie Egener, Mildred Elliott, Miss Franklin, Miss Geleng, Miss Hauke, Miss Hoffmann, Maud Meredith, Katherine Moran, Florence Mulford, Miss Pauli, Ida Rabenstein, Rosa Ritchie, Ada Schramm, Marie Strebel, Miss Siersdorfer, Miss White, Miss Wittig, Blanche Yorke, Blanche Yurka, Leopold Rothaug, Burghart & Co., Blaschke & Cie



Richard Wagner



Parsifal received twelve performances this season.
This was the first staged performance of Parsifal outside Bayreuth, presented by general manager Conried over the objections of the Wagner family, which had taken legal action to prevent the production. The program noted that "The whole production [was] under the supervision of" Heinrich Conried. Willy Harden, one of the Esquires, was sometimes listed as Willy Haupt.
Credits have been revised for the Flower Maidens during the five Parsifal seasons presented by Heinrich Conried. Entries now reflect the listings in the program.
Chapter: The New Stage of the Metropolitan Opera House Rebuilt for the Production of Parsifal.
Chapter

Review 1:

Review , photographs, and designs from the premiere.

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Met careers

• Alfred Hertz [Conductor]
• Alois Burgstaller [Parsifal]
• Milka Ternina [Kundry]
• Anton Van Rooy [Amfortas]
• Robert Blass [Gurnemanz]
• Otto Goritz [Klingsor]
• Marcel Journet [Titurel]
• Louise Homer [Voice]
• Paula Braendle [Second Esquire/Flower Maiden]
• Albert Reiss [Third Esquire]
• Willy Harden [Fourth Esquire]
• Julius Bayer [First Knight]
• Adolph Mühlmann [Second Knight]
• Isabelle Bouton [Flower Maiden]
• Ernesta Delsarta [Flower Maiden]
• Ellen Förnsen [Flower Maiden]
• Elsa Harris [Flower Maiden]
• Lillian Heidelbach [Flower Maiden]
• Marcia Van Dresser [Flower Maiden]
• Miss Berndorf [Flower Maiden]
• Miss Clare [Flower Maiden]
• Jessie Clevinger [Flower Maiden]
• Miss Curtis [Flower Maiden]
• Minnie Egener [Flower Maiden]
• Mildred Elliott [Flower Maiden]
• Miss Franklin [Flower Maiden]
• Miss Geleng [Flower Maiden]
• Miss Hauke [Flower Maiden]
• Miss Hoffmann [Flower Maiden]
• Maud Meredith [Flower Maiden]
• Katherine Moran [First Esquire/Flower Maiden]
• Florence Mulford [Flower Maiden]
• Miss Pauli [Flower Maiden]
• Ida Rabenstein [Flower Maiden]
• Rosa Ritchie [Flower Maiden]
• Ada Schramm [Flower Maiden]
• Marie Strebel [Flower Maiden]
• Miss Siersdorfer [Flower Maiden]
• Miss White [Flower Maiden]
• Miss Wittig [Flower Maiden]
• Blanche Yorke [Flower Maiden]
• Blanche Yurka [Flower Maiden]
• Anton Fuchs [Director]
• Leopold Rothaug [Set Designer]
• Burghart & Co. [Set Designer]
• Blaschke & Cie [Costume Designer]
• Carl Lautenschläger [Lighting Designer]
• Richard Wagner [Composer]