Gurnemanz

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Gurnemanz is a wise, elderly knight of the Grail and one of the central spiritual guides in Richard Wagner’s opera *Parsifal*.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bass role
fictional character
knight of the Grail
opera character
appearsIn Parsifal NERFINISHED
appearsInAct Act I of Parsifal NERFINISHED
Act III of Parsifal NERFINISHED
appearsWithCharacter Amfortas NERFINISHED
Kundry NERFINISHED
Parsifal NERFINISHED
Titurel NERFINISHED
associatedWith Knights of the Grail NERFINISHED
Montsalvat NERFINISHED
centralThemeRelation redemption through compassion
characterTrait elderly
wise
creator Richard Wagner NERFINISHED
dramaticFunction expositor of backstory
link between old order and renewal in Parsifal
moral commentator
explainsToCharacter Amfortas’s suffering
the Grail ritual
firstPerformanceLocationOfWork Bayreuth Festspielhaus NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceOfWork 1882
genreOfWork music drama
opera
guidesCharacter Parsifal NERFINISHED
languageOfWork German
nationalityOfCreator German
notableAriaOrScene long narrative in Act I describing the Grail and Amfortas
“Titurel, der fromme Held” scene NERFINISHED
occupation knight
operaBy Richard Wagner NERFINISHED
premiereConductorOfWork Hermann Levi NERFINISHED
roleInStory mentor to Parsifal
spiritual guide
settingOfAction Montsalvat, the Grail castle NERFINISHED
teachesMoral “Durch Mitleid wissend, der reine Tor”
timeOfCompositionOfWork 1877–1882
voiceType bass
workCatalogueNumber WWV 111 NERFINISHED
workForm Bühnenweihfestspiel

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Parsifal character Gurnemanz