Here’s what the programme says:
Parsifal
Andreas Schager
Tilmann Unger
7.8. (Umbesetzung)
(1. Aufzug)
Klaus Florian Vogt
7.8. (Umbesetzung)
(2. und 3. Aufzug)
What happened?
Schager got sick. Vogt was flown in but missed a flight connection so Unger jumped in for Act 1. Very credibly, spectators say. Vogt took over for the second and third acts. He’s still leading the field as Jump-in of the Year.
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