Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast 26 July 1882 (Conductor: Hermann Levi) |
The Met Premiere Cast 24 December 1903 (Conductor: Alfred Hertz) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parsifal | tenor | Hermann Winkelmann | Alois Burgstaller |
| Kundry | soprano or mezzo-soprano |
Amalie Materna | Milka Ternina |
| Gurnemanz, a veteran Knight of the Grail | bass | Emil Scaria | Robert Blass |
| Amfortas, ruler of the Grail kingdom | baritone | Theodor Reichmann | Anton van Rooy |
| Klingsor, a magician | bass-baritone | Karl Hill | Otto Goritz |
| Titurel, Amfortas' father | bass | August Kindermann | Marcel Journet |
| Two Grail Knights | tenor, bass |
Anton Fuchs Eugen Stumpf |
Julius Bayer Adolph Mühlmann |
| Four Esquires | soprano, alto, 2 tenors |
Hermine Galfy Mathilde Keil Max Mikorey Adolf von Hübbenet |
Katherine Moran Paula Braendle Albert Reiss Willy Harden |
| Six Flowermaidens | 3 sopranos, 3 contraltos or 6 sopranos |
Pauline Horson Johanna Meta Carrie Pringle Johanna André Hermine Galfy Luise Belce |
Isabelle Bouton Ernesta Delsarta Miss Förnsen Elsa Harris Lillian Heidelbach Marcia Van Dresser |
| Voice from Above, Eine Stimme | contralto | Sophie Dompierre | Louise Homer |
| Knights of the Grail, boys, flowermaidens | |||
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