A timelessly classical Parsifal from the 1998 Bayreuth Festival in a mystically poetic staging that exerts an unbroken fascination not least as a result of its expressive lighting effects. Under the direction of the great Wagner conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli, the four main roles are taken by Poul Elming, Linda Watson, Falk Struckmann and Hans Sotin - one of the strongest line-ups in Bayreuth´s more recent history. \"Giuseppe Sinopoli coaxed an outstanding performance from the Festival Orchestra and Chorus, throwing light on the elaborate score from an agreeable distance and investing the music with a meditatively flowing quality rather than the usual bombast\" (Das Opernglas)• Composer: Richard Wagner• Orchestra: Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele• Artists: Giuseppe Sinopoli, Orchestra der Bayreuther Festspiele, Falk Struckmann, Matthias Hoelle, Hans Sotin, • Poul Elming, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Linda Watson• Production year: 2014-04• Run time: 04:28:00• Subtitles: E, G, F, Sp• Booklet: E, G, F• No. of Discs: 2• Run time: 268 minutes• Disc Format: DVD9• Picture: NTSC• Audio: PCM Stereo, PCM 5.1• Region Code: 0 (worldwide)• Release Date: April 2011