Parsifal Vienna Tickets 2027

Parsifal Vienna is the kind of opera listing that rewards anyone willing to compare the scheduled dates rather than treat them as interchangeable.

Axel Kober conducts a magnificent cast including Gerald Finley as the tormented Amfortas, Franz-Josef Selig as Gurnemanz, and Jennifer Holloway as Kundry.

Parsifal — Wagner at the Vienna State Opera

The definitive Easter opera experience: Klaus Florian Vogt — the world's most celebrated Parsifal — stars in Kirill Serebrennikov's visually arresting production, which explores Wagner's music as emerging from the protagonist's inner world. Axel Kober conducts a magnificent cast including Gerald Finley as the tormented Amfortas, Franz-Josef Selig as Gurnemanz, and Jennifer Holloway as Kundry.

Wagner's final masterpiece — his "sacred stage festival play" — is one of the most profound and spiritually overwhelming experiences in all art. Over five hours of transcendent music explore compassion, suffering, and redemption through the story of the "pure fool" who heals a wounded king. The Prelude, the Transformation Music, the Good Friday Spell, and the final scene of redemption achieve a spiritual intensity unmatched in Western music. A Bayreuth tradition performed at the Vienna State Opera during Holy Week.

• Conductor: Axel Kober
• Stage Director: Kirill Serebrennikov (also set & costumes; lighting: Franck Evin)
• Cast: Klaus Florian Vogt (Parsifal), Gerald Finley (Amfortas), Franz-Josef Selig (Gurnemanz), Jennifer Holloway (Kundry)
• Performances: 2, 5 & 8 April 2026 (Easter season)
• Venue: Vienna State Opera — Opernring 2, 1010 Vienna
• Duration: Approx. 5 hours (three acts, two long intervals)
• Language: German

A transcendent Easter pilgrimage. Book your Parsifal tickets now.

What makes this event stand out is the way score, staging and venue work together rather than as separate elements.

Vienna State Opera in Vienna is part of the decision, not just a location label: scale, sightlines and atmosphere all influence the night.