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	Parsifal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Parsifal is overcome with remorse, blaming himself for this state of affairs.
		Parsifal was expressly composed for the stage at Bayreuth and many of the most famous recordings of the opera come from live performances on that stage.
		Hans Knappertsbusch was the conductor most closely associated with Parsifal at Bayreuth in the post-war years, and the performances under his baton in 1951 marked the re-opening of the Bayreuth Festival after the Second World War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parsifal (4090 words)

	Parsifal at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Herzeleide, of the royal house of the guardians of the Holy Grail, has brought up her son Parsifal in a lonely forest, to prevent him from following in the footsteps of his father, Gamuret, who had departed in quest of heroic adventure and died an early death.
		Parsifal enters the precincts of the castle of the Grail, wounds a swan with his arrow and is brought before Gurnemanz.
		Parsifal is astounded at the miracle, but forgets to utter the question which would release Amfortas, and when he confesses to Gurnemanz that he comprehends nothing of what he has seen, he is roughly ejected from the castle.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Parsifal.html (1109 words)

	OperaWorld.com's Opera Insights: Parsifal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Parsifal witnesses but does not understand the ceremony and is promptly ushered out by an unsympathetic Gurnemanz.
		However, the central crisis of the opera is necessarily played out in the flesh: Parsifal resists the allure of a chorus of flower-maidens, whose chromatic vocal lines borrow directly from the quintessential music of unfulfilled longing of Tristan und Isolde.
		Eventually, Parsifal rejects the seduction of worldly pleasure --- laced with overtones appropriate to Freud's yet nascent discipline of psychology --- and through this gesture of purity gains the power to defeat Klingsor's attack at the act's conclusion.
	www.operaworld.com /special/pars1.shtml (913 words)

	Richard Wagner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the sixteenth and final performance of Parsifal on August 29, he secretly entered the pit during Act III, took the baton from conductor Hermann Levi, and led the performance to its conclusion.
		Aspects of Die Sieger were finally absorbed into Parsifal, which depicts a peculiar, "Wagnerized" version of Christianity; for instance, the ritual of transubstantiation in the Communion is subtly reinterpreted, becoming something closer to a pagan ritual than a Christian one.
		Wagner's final opera, Parsifal, which was written especially for the opening of Wagner's Festspielhaus in Bayreuth and which is described in the score as a "Bühnenweihfestspiel" (festival play for the consecration of the stage), is a contemplative work based on the Christian legend of the Holy Grail.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Wagner (5649 words)

	Parsifal (Wagner) - Legend of Holy Grail
		Wolfram’s "Parsifal" is, in fact, the simple-minded, witless character of the Wagner drama.
		She denounces Parsifal for neglecting to put that essential question at the castle; whereupon Parsifal abjures the Round Table, and returns to his wife, depreciating himself as unworthy, despairing of hope and mercy in the hereafter.
		Parsifal, being the more pious of the two, is permitted to ride to Monsalvasch, inquire the cause of the king’s disorder, free him from his agony, and receive the crown.
	www.music-with-ease.com /parsifal-wagner-legend.html (1444 words)

	R. Wagner, Parsifal, Finnish National Opera, 4th April 2005 (BK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Parsifal, Wagner's 'farewell to the world' (after which he intended to write nothing more for the stage) is realised so well in this new production from Finnish National Opera, that it is difficult to imagine a more telling interpretation.
		When the transformation to the Grail Ceremony occurs, skilled use is made of the zig-zag pathway, of a large obelisk-shaped free-floating boom (which features in other scenes in many different guises) of cathedral-like gauzes and backdrop and of the stage's capacity to raise, lower and rotate individual sections.
		As a final piece of stage magic, the transfer of the Spear from Klingsor to Parsifal is splendid: blink and you've missed it; don't blink and it's baffling.
	www.musicweb-international.com /SandH/2005/Jan-Jun05/parsifal0404.htm (961 words)

	Parsifal
		Parsifal, an heroic fool, is prophesied to return the Spear and heal Amfortas.
		His 'flying hand' concealed within the island of light in the right hand figure's face can be seen to be blocking Klingsor's advance, it is located immediately to the left of Klingsor's face which in turn seems to descend from the rear end of the spear in the upper right corner.
		The self identification of Picasso with Parsifal and the self-identification of Hitler with Klingsor appears by some uncanny means to have found its way into the 1934 drawing which might indicate that Picasso had access to secretive information about Hitler and his occult activities at least five years before the Second World War.
	web.org.uk /picasso/parsifal.html (783 words)

	Opera~Opera. Plot Summaries. W. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Parsifal, who has watched in silent pity, is chased away angrily by Gurnemanz for not having understood anything of what he has seen.
		She calls Parsifal by his name and gains his confidence by relating how she had known him in his childhood, reminding him of his mother's love and death, going on to describe his father's love for her and to promise him similar delights, kissing him passionately.
		Parsifal cures him with a touch of the spear and unveils the grail, of which he is now the ruler, as the knights rejoice and Kundry falls lifeless.
	www.opera-opera.com.au /plotw.htm (10850 words)

	Marston - Parsifal
		Gurnemanz leads Parsifal to the castle of the Grail, wondering if he may be the prophecy’s fulfillment (Transformation Scene).
		Gurnemanz recognizes Parsifal and the Holy Spear, whereupon the knight describes his years of trying to find his way back to Amfortas and the Grail (“Der Irrnis und der Leiden Pfade”).
		In 1922 Kipnis joined the Deutsches Opernhaus in Berlin; from 1923–1932 he was on the roster of the Chicago Civic Opera; in 1927 he sang in Parsifal under Karl Muck at the Bayreuth Festival; and in 1938 he settled permanently in the United States.
	www.marstonrecords.com /parsifal/parsifal_liner.htm (3578 words)

	OperaResource - richard wagner and parsifal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Parsifal: a 'stage-consecrating festival drama' in three acts, libretto and music by Richard Wagner (1813-1883), first performed on 26th July 1882 at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus with the following cast:
		Parsifal: Hermann Winkelmann; Kundry: Amelia Materna; Gurnemanz: Emil Scaria; Klingsor: Carl Hill; Amfortas: Theodor Reichmann; Titurel: August Kindermann.
		(1) An acclaimed concert performance of 'Parsifal' was held at the Villa Rufolo in July 1997.
	www.r-ds.com /opera/resource/parsifal.htm (284 words)

	Parsifal - Richard Wagner
		It is rich in allusions and symbolism and will no doubt keep scholars happily employed for generations to come, studying the sources and the ways that Wagner drew them together into this extraordinary work.
		Parsifal arrives on the scene and survives both Kundry's attempt to seduce him and Klingsor's aggression, to finally bring redemption to the good guys.
		There is, then, a focused plot line and an interesting group of characters, each reflecting a different aspect of the conflicts between good and evil, faith and faithlessness, all glued together with the powerful density of Wagner's music.
	www.culturevulture.net /Opera/Parsifal.htm (657 words)

	Metropolitan Opera International Radio Broadcast Information Center - 2005-06 Broadcasts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Parsifal - (tenor) An orphan ignorant of his past, and even of his own name.
		She is beholden to Klingsor for unnamed sins in her past, but she tries to atone for her past deeds by helping the Knights of the Grail.
		She knew Parsifal's father, and so was able to tell the youth his own name.
	www.operainfo.org /broadcast/operaMain.cgi?id=24&language=1 (258 words)

	Parsifal (1982) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Wagner's Parsifal is one of my two favorite Wagner operas or music dramas, to be more accurate, (Meistersinger is the other.) though it's hard to imagine it as the "top of anyone's pops".
		Considering that many video versions of Parsifal seem on the stodgy side, this film of the opera is, in comparison, a breath of fresh air.
		For example: the notorious dual Parsifals (of each gender!), the puppets, the death-mask-of-Wagner set and various dolls and symbols such as the Nazi swastika in one of the traveling scenes.
	us.imdb.com /Title?0084476 (587 words)

	PARSIFAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		On board "PARSIFAL II" the attention has been given to the finest details to ensure your comfort and to make your stay aboard something to remember.
		"PARSIFAL II" has an extrordinary range of watersports equipment that emerge from the concealed "garage" at the touch of a button.
		With tenders, jetskis and sailing dinghies easily accessible from the aft swimming platform "PARSIFAL II" is unrivaled in her facilities.
	www.parsifal.dk /home2.html (129 words)

	PARSIFAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		"PARSIFAL II" is a sailing yacht that offers the comfort and facilities comparable to a motor yacht in excess of 40 mts.
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		"PARSIFAL II", designed and built specifically for luxury charter in 1995/96, offers an impressive and spacious cockpit that can accomodate up to twenty guests for alfresco dining.
	www.parsifal.dk (93 words)

	Amazon.com: Wagner - Parsifal: DVD: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg,Armin Jordan,Robert Lloyd,Martin Sperr,Michael Kutter,Anya ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Parsifal, Wagner's story of alienation and longed-for redemption through the enlightenment that compassion alone confers, distills a lifetime of the composer's deepest obsessions through the medieval Grail legend.
		Parsifal is a medieval symbol of purity and innocence.
		Parsifal approaches Klingsor's castle and passes by Soviet-style monuments and gigantic broken stone phalluses from a Greek temple.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6305131112?v=glance (3419 words)

	Amazon.com: Wagner: Parsifal: Music: Jan-Hendrik Rootering,Kurt Moll,Richard Wagner,James Levin,James Levine,Jane ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In fact, next to Parsifal, she is the older, adult woman with complex issues and many facets in her mysterious nature.
		Is she a saint and healer, loyal to Amfortas and the Grail legacy or is she a traitoress and a witch, devoted to the service of the Devil incarnate the wizard Klingsor who has stolen the Spear and brought darkness to the realm.
		After almost a century of different Parsifals, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, this Parsifal recording from the early to mid 90's is what I believe to be the best and hope that others may discover its greatness and share my opinion.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000001GHZ?v=glance (2464 words)

	Parsifal College, Sydney, Australia. Adult Education based on the work of Rudolf Steiner.
		This course is offered for people seeking a deepened understanding of themselves and their tasks in the world and is also the first year within the two year course in Steiner Education..
		Parsifal College in partnership with Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School offer this two year training course in Steiner education.
		This course will combine the joy and creativity of Parsifal's courses, which work from a spiritual understanding of the child, with a nationally recognized qualification.
	www.parsifalcollege.edu.au (354 words)

	Festival announces Parsifal as the opera \| THE NEW ZEALAND OPERA SOCIETY
		Parsifal is his last and greatest opera, his ‘farewell card to the world’ — and it is written on a grand scale.
		Parsifal was Wagner’s last opera, written when he was near 70 – when he was beginning to disturb those of his supporters who saw him as a fearless religious sceptic.
		We remark on this element of Parsifal, both because of the quasi-religious quality evident on first reading the text, but also because it, as well as the genius of the music itself, will provide the susceptible listener/reader with philosophical and aesthetic riches to sustain him as long as he lives.
	www.opera.net.nz /node/148?PHPSESSID=5c372b0965af9a1f84b041c87fa3843b (943 words)

	Seattle Opera
		Hoping that Parsifal might be the innocent fool, the Chosen One, Gurnemanz takes him to the Grail Castle, where Amfortas (reluctantly and in great pain) opens the Grail and gives his knights sustenance.
		Parsifal just stares blankly during the ritual and has nothing to say when it’s over, so the disappointed Gurnemanz sends him away.
		Parsifal enters and touches Amfortas’s wound with the very spear that dealt it, and the wound is miraculously healed.
	www.seattleopera.org /operas/2003-2004/parsifal/synopsis_more.aspx (1214 words)

	village voice > theater > A Parsifal by Alexis Soloski
		In Sontag's version, Parsifal arrives onstage armed not with bow and arrow, but naked and sporting an Uzi, which he deploys with cheerful unconcern.
		In the Wagner take on the legend, Parsifal prospered only when he learned compassion and silenced baser cravings.
		The play ends with a press conference in which Parsifal proudly admits, "Yes, I did know that not speaking, withholding information, confers great power." In a frequent motif, Wagner described Parsifal as "a guileless fool." Today's Parsifal may still be a fool, but you couldn't call him guileless.
	villagevoice.com /theater/0609,soloski,72336,11.html (574 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Parsifal - Wagner: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Parsifal was once described by a leading Nazi as part of the creed of Nazism, yet was banned by Goebbels in 1939, supposedly for its pacifist message and for its baptism of a semitic heroine.
		There are many reasons why this is a 'Parsifal' worth seeing, but for me it's the performances of the principals that make it so moving and memorable.
		Through his enlightenment, Parsifal redeems this society and Lehnhoff gives us an ending to the opera in which Parsifal and Kundry lead the Knights out of the Temple and back to the world that needs them.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007X9T70 (1117 words)

	SCHLINGENSIEF
		In Christoph Schlingensief's production of Parsifal, which opened this year's Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, Beuys' famous version of the Pietà is acted out by Klingsor, the eerie knight in fl armour, in the opera's central act: he holds a man-size toy hare (which recalls a sculpture by Louise Bourgeois) and laments.
		His Parsifal is baroque, an overflowing ocean of signs and symbols; as Gurnemanz tells his son, ’Time here become space'.
		The director challenges the audience to a play a game in which the artist refuses to be the one who gives up first, and in so doing has created a kind of Gesamtkunstwerk a popular Parsifal in the best possible sense, capable of bringing together art-lovers, intellectuals, sensation-seekers and loyal Wagnerians.
	www.schlingensief.com /projekt_eng.php?id=t044 (659 words)

	NZ International Arts Festival 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Parsifal was Wagner’s last and many say most accomplished opera, the culmination of the development of the emotional intensity of the German Romantic movement.
		Containing some of the most ethereal and subtle music Wagner ever composed, Parsifal is an allegory on the conflict between Christianity and paganism, good and evil, physical passion and spiritual purity.
		Margaret Medlyn sings Kundry (a role that won her accolades in Australia), Paul Whelan is Amfortas and Martin Snell, Kingslor.
	www.nzfestival.telecom.co.nz /music/parsifal.php (237 words)

	PERCEVAL: TEXTS, IMAGES, BASIC INFORMATION
		As in the medieval stories, Parsifal is presented initially as a fool, but is pure enough to heal the wounded Anfortas and to become himself the keeper of the Grail.
		Pogàny, Willy (1882-1955), "Parsifal and the Sacred Spear" (1912)
		Stassen, Franz (1869-1949), "Parsifal in Quest of the Holy Grail" (1903)
	www.lib.rochester.edu /camelot/percmenu.htm (699 words)

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