Research Catalog

Title

Parsifal: [--Workshop A] [videorecording]/ directed and designed by Robert Wilson ; text and music by Richard Wagner.

Publication

Hamburg, 1990.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Wilson, Robert, 1941-2025
• Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
• Parmeggiani, Frida
• Hamburgische Staatsoper

Description

23 videodiscs (DVD) (1,741 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Stage A workshop focused primarily on choreography and movement with minimal sets, music, lighting, and costumes.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation.

Series Statement

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Subject

• Choreography
• Theater rehearsals
• Theater > Germany > Hamburg

Genre/Form

Drama.

Note

• Donor's inventory numbers: PRS WK 01-11, PRS WK 12 A-C.
• Title, credits, and date taken from Byrd Hoffman Foundation records.
• Audio erratic.

Access (note)

• Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

• Costumes by Frida Parmeggiani.

Performer (note)

• Robert Wilson and unidentified cast.

Event (note)

• Videorecorded in workshop at Hamburgische Staatsoper, Hamburg, Germany between November 19 and December 6, 1990.

Language (note)

• In German and English.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Contents

Disc 1. Act I (106 min.) -- Disc 2. Act I (73 min.) -- Disc 3. Act I (107 min.) -- Disc 4. Act I (41 min.) -- Disc 5. Act I (36 min.) -- Disc 6. Act I (109 min.) -- Disc 7. Act I (67 min.) -- Disc 8. Act II (72 min.) -- Disc 9. Act II (107 min.) -- Disc 10. Act II (78 min.) -- Disc 11. Act II (104 min.) -- Disc 12. Act II (50 min.) -- Disc 13. Act III (108 min.) -- Disc 14. Act III (44 min.) -- Disc 15. Act III (107 min.) -- Disc 16. Act III (50 min.) -- Disc 17. Act III (109 min.) -- Disc 18. Act III (8 min.) -- Disc 19. Act III (99 min.) -- Disc 20. Runthrough, Act I [pt. 1 of 2] (109 min.) -- Disc 21. Runthrough, Act I [pt. 2 of 2] (5 min.) -- Disc 22. Runthrough, Act II (72 min.) -- Disc 23. Runthrough, Act III (80 min.).

Call Number

NCOV 3183

OCLC

NYPG06-F40

Title

Parsifal: [--Workshop A] [videorecording]/ directed and designed by Robert Wilson ; text and music by Richard Wagner.

Imprint

Hamburg, 1990.

Country of Producing Entity

Germany.

Series

Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Costumes by Frida Parmeggiani.

Cast

Robert Wilson and unidentified cast.

Event

Videorecorded in workshop at Hamburgische Staatsoper, Hamburg, Germany between November 19 and December 6, 1990.

Language

In German and English.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

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Added Author

Wilson, Robert, 1941-2025, director.

Wilson, Robert, 1941-2025, set designer.

Wilson, Robert, 1941-2025, performer.

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Parsifal, text, music.

Parmeggiani, Frida, costume designer.

Hamburgische Staatsoper.

Research Call Number

NCOV 3183