Parsifal (1882)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Parzival_by_Wolfram_von_Eschenbach
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Bayreuth_Festival
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:duration about 4 hours
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Hermann_Levi
gptkbp:genre music drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Parsifal (1882)
gptkbp:influenced film score
20th-century opera
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Parsifal
gptkb:Amfortas
gptkb:Gurnemanz
gptkb:Klingsor
gptkb:Kundry
gptkb:Titurel
gptkbp:motif Grail motif
Redemption motif
gptkbp:notableAria Amfortas! Die Wunde!
Ich sah das Kind
Nur eine Waffe taugt
gptkbp:notableChorus gptkb:Grail_Scene
gptkbp:notableFeature use of leitmotifs
innovative stagecraft
integration of music and drama
sacred subject matter
stage consecration festival drama
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Royal_Opera_House
gptkb:Vienna_State_Opera
gptkb:Bayreuth_Festival
gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:James_Levine_(Metropolitan_Opera,_1991)
Hans Knappertsbusch (Bayreuth, 1951)
Herbert von Karajan (1979)
gptkbp:numberOfActs 3
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra
gptkbp:premiereDate 1882-07-26
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Bayreuth_Festspielhaus
gptkbp:restrictedPerformanceUntil 1913
gptkbp:setIn gptkb:Montsalvat
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Holy_Grail
Arthurian legend
gptkbp:theme compassion
redemption
spiritual enlightenment
gptkbp:Wagner'sLastOpera true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Amfortas
gptkb:Klingsor
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6