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  2. Parsifal - Wikipedia

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    Parsifal [a] (WWV 111) is a music drama in three acts by the German composer Richard Wagner and his last composition. Wagner's own libretto for the work is freely based on the 13th-century Middle High German chivalric romance Parzival of the Minnesänger Wolfram von Eschenbach and the Old French chivalric romance Perceval ou le Conte du Graal by the 12th-century trouvère Chrétien de Troyes ...

  3. List of works for the stage by Richard Wagner - Wikipedia

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    Wagner unsuccessfully asked Hans Richter to set it to music [65] [66] [clarification needed] 111: Parsifal Score [67] Bühnenweih­festspiel [T 9] 3 Acts 1877–82: 26 July 1882: Bayreuth Festspielhaus: Under an agreement between Wagner and King Ludwig, Parsifal was only to be performed at Bayreuth, "never desecrated by contact with any profane ...

  4. List of compositions by Richard Wagner - Wikipedia

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    Die hohe Braut (c. 1836-42; [4] libretto completed; little to no music composed) [8] 48: komische Oper: Männerlist größer als Frauenlist, oder Die glückliche Bärenfamilie (c. 1838; [4] libretto completed; only three musical numbers completed, all in piano score) 49: Große tragische Oper: Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen (1837-1840; rev ...

  5. Parzival - Wikipedia

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    Parzival (German pronunciation: [ˈpaʁtsifal]) is a medieval chivalric romance by the poet and knight Wolfram von Eschenbach in Middle High German.The poem, commonly dated to the first quarter of the 13th century, centers on the Arthurian hero Parzival (Percival in English) and his long quest for the Holy Grail following his initial failure to achieve it.

  6. Augmented reality-infused production of Wagner's `Parsifal ...

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    Scheib's staging, just Bayreuth's 11th “Parsifal” production, paid homage to Wieland Wagner's breakthrough 1951 minimalist sets with a circle of light that represented both the knights' round ...

  7. Controversies surrounding Richard Wagner - Wikipedia

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    Levi's position as Kapellmeister at Munich meant that he was to conduct the premiere of Parsifal, Wagner's last opera. Wagner initially objected to this and was quoted as saying that Levi should be baptized before conducting Parsifal. Levi, however, held Wagner in adulation, and was asked to be a pallbearer at the composer's funeral.

  8. Bayreuth canon - Wikipedia

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    Parsifal This work was first performed at the second Bayreuth Festival in 1882. [10] The degree to which Parsifal is associated with one venue, the Festspielhaus, makes it unique among major theatrical works. [12] Wagner dubbed the opera a Bühnenweihfestspiel, which

  9. Lohengrin (opera) - Wikipedia

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    Lohengrin (pronounced [ˈloːənˌɡʁiːn] in German), WWV 75, is a Romantic opera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner, first performed in 1850.The story of the eponymous character is taken from medieval German romance, notably the Parzival of Wolfram von Eschenbach, and its sequel Lohengrin, itself inspired by the epic of Garin le Loherain.