PARSIFAL
by Richard Wagner
1813-1883
Libretto by the Composer
CHARACTERS
- Gurnemanz, an elderly knight of the Grail - Bass
- Four esquires - Sopranos & Tenors
- First knight - Tenor
- Second knight - Baritone
- Kundry, part sorceress, part mortal woman - Soprano
- Amfortas, King of the knights of the Holy Grail - Baritone
- Parsifal, a Fool - Tenor
- Titurel, father of Amfortas, former king of Monsalvat - Bass
- Klingsor, a sorcerer - Bass
- Knights of the Grail, boys & youths, Flower Maidens of Klingsor's
garden
Place:
- In and about the castle of Monsalvat in the Spanish Pyrenees
- Time: Middle Ages
- First performance: Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, July 26, 1882
Wagner completed his libretto in 1877, and it was finally produced
as his last work in 1882 with 23 soloists, 135 chorus members, and an
orchestra of 107.
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