That is the end of Wagner's sacred festival drama, Parsifal.

This recording of a performance given at last year's Bayreuth Festival

was made available by courtesy of the Bayerische Rundfunk.

This was the cast, Parsifal Jess Thomas.

Kundry, Irene Darlis.

Amfortas, George London.

Gurnemans Ludwig Weber Klingsor Gustav Neidlinger

Titorel, Josef Greindl, Knights of the Grail, Niels Müller,

and David Ward, Esquires Claudia Hellman, Ruth Hesser,

Gerhard Stolzer and Georg Pascuda.

Flower maidens

Dorothea Siebert, Anja Silja, Claudia Hellman, Gundula Janowicz,

Rita Bartos and Ruth Hesser, and an alto voice, Ursula Böser.

with the chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, chorus master Wilhelm Pitz.

The opera was conducted by Hans Knappertsbush and produced by Wieland Wagner.

The narration was written by Neville Wallace.