Parsifal

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Parsifal is Richard Wagner’s final opera, a music drama that blends Arthurian legend and Christian mysticism in a meditative exploration of redemption and compassion.

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Parsifal canonical 5
The Parsifal Mosaic 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music drama
opera
basedOn Arthurian legend
Christian mysticism
catalogueNumber WWV 111
centralObject Holy Grail
Spear of Longinus
character Amfortas
Gurnemanz
Klingsor
Kundry
Parsifal self-link
The Grail Knights
Titurel
completionYear 1882
composer Richard Wagner
compositionStartYear 1877
dramaticFocus inner spiritual journey
ritual
firstNonBayreuthPerformanceCity New York City
firstNonBayreuthPerformancePlace Metropolitan Opera
firstNonBayreuthPerformanceYear 1903
genre music drama
sacred festival drama
language German
librettist Richard Wagner
musicalFeature chorus
large orchestra
leitmotif technique
notableSection Good Friday Music
Prelude
Transformation music
originalPerformanceRestriction exclusive performance at Bayreuth until 1903
premiereCity Bayreuth
premiereCountry Germany
premiereDate 1882-07-26
premierePlace Festspielhaus Bayreuth
surface form: Bayreuth Festspielhaus
protagonist Parsifal self-link
religiousInfluence Buddhist ideas (as interpreted by Wagner)
Christian symbolism
setting Grail Castle
Kingdom of Monsalvat
Klingsor's magic garden
structure three acts
theme compassion
redemption
spiritual enlightenment
suffering
WagnerCataloguePosition final opera by Richard Wagner

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Richard Wagner notableWork Parsifal
Richard Wagner composerOf Parsifal
Robert Ludlum notableWork Parsifal
this entity surface form: The Parsifal Mosaic
Parsifal protagonist Parsifal self-link
Parsifal character Parsifal self-link