Parsifal[a] (WWV 111) is a music drama in three acts by the German composer Richard Wagner and his last composition.

Parsifal, music drama in three acts by German composer Richard Wagner, with a German libretto by the composer. The work was first performed in Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany, in 1882, not …

Parsifal is a music drama in three acts by the German composer Richard Wagner and his last composition.

An unknown knight approaches, and Gurnemanz soon recognizes him as Parsifal, bearing the Holy Spear. Parsifal describes his years of wandering, trying to find his way back to Amfortas …

Parsifal tells of his desire to return to Amfortas ("Zu ihm, des tiefe Klagen.") He relates his long journey, how he wandered for years, unable to find a path back to the Grail.

Oct 6, 2024 · The very last opera to come from the pen of the game-changing opera composer Richard Wagner, Parsifal is based on the exploits of the Arthurian knight Percival (Parsifal in …

Kundry enters, calling Parsifal by name and speaks of his mother’s love for him and how she died from grief when he left her. Kundry consoles the distressed Parsifal, her embrace intended to …

May 27, 2025 · Abstract: This essay provides an in-depth analysis of Richard Wagner’s opera Parsifal, emphasizing its profound esoteric meanings and connections to his earlier works.

Wagner’s last opera, Parsifal deals centrally with the theme of Mitleid, or compassion, a redemptive quality that is underlined by Wagner’s gloriously sublime score. Featuring a stellar …

Dec 21, 2025 · Parsifal was, like Siegfried, brought up in an isolated place in the depths of a forest; in Parsifal's case by his mother, Herzeleide. She kept her son from all knowledge of …