Graham Vick - Parsifal - BLU-RAY

Short on cash and with no callbacks coming, Nicolas Cage (as a fictionalized version of himself) readily accepted a million-dollar appearance payday for the Mallorca birthday party of worshipful olive tycoon Javi Gutierrez (Pedro Pascal). Though quickly learning to enjoy the arrangement, it goes south when Cage is tipped by the CIA of his improbable fanboy's insurrectionist activities-and is expected to help take him down. Self-satirical action-comedy co-stars Tiffany Haddish, Ike Barinholtz, Neil Patrick Harris. 105 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English. Two-disc set.

In Palermo where Richard Wagner composed this monumental opera during a long stay, conductor Omer Meir Wellber makes a highly successful debut as music director of Palermo's Teatro Massimo, architecturally and artistically one of Italy's most impressive opera houses. InchWith the Teatro Massimo's excellent orchestra he succeeded in a reading that was absolutely straight forwardInch (Opera Today). The singers are excellently cast especially Julian Hubbard as Parsifal Inchwho was a sensationInch (neue musikzeitung). Stage director InchGraham Vick strips Parsifal of mysticism to deliver a powerful indictment of divisive ideologiesInch (Musical America).

Parsifal [BLU-RAY] Released 2014 product/publication from BBC / Opus Arte