Other author/creator | Bluett, Mike. |
Other author/creator | Domingo, Plácido, 1941- narrator, performer. |
Other author/creator | Gergiev, Valeriĭ, 1953- conductor. |
Other author/creator | Palmer, Tony, 1941- director. |
Other author/creator | Putilin, Nikolaĭ, 1953- performer. |
Other author/creator | Salminen, Matti, 1956- performer. |
Other author/creator | Urmana, Violeta, performer. |
Included Work | Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Parsifal. |
Other author/creator | Arthaus Musik (Firm) |
Other author/creator | Leningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr opery i baleta imeni S.M. Kirova. Khor. |
Other author/creator | Mariinskiĭ teatr (1991-). Orkestr. |
Contents |
Opening -- The Legend -- The Grail in War -- Wagner's Inspiration -- The Bayreuth Opera House -- Act I: The Main Characters -- Act I: First Sketches -- Act I: In the Grail Castle -- Act I: The Grail Ceremony -- Act II: Klingsor -- Act II: The Flower Maidens -- Act II: Kundry's Kiss -- Act III: Analysis of Parsifal -- Act II: Parsifal's Realisation -- Act III: Parsifal the Redeemer -- Act III: The Mission. |
Abstract |
Includes scenes from the Parsifal concert filmed at the Ravello Wagner Festival, explores the history of the grail tradition and how it has been represented in various works, and, details the background in which Wagner wrote his grail opera, Parsifal. |
General note | Title from resource description page (viewed Jun. 3, 2013). |
Other forms | Previously released as DVD. |
Language | This edition in English and German with English subtitles. |
Genre/form | Filmed performances. |
Genre/form | Documentary films. |