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Parsifal (Overture Opera Guides) by Richard Wagner, Rosemarie König, Kurt Pahlen, John P. Jackson, Benjamin Johnson Lang, Alfred Forman, Oliver Huckel, Karl Klindworth, Louis Napoleon Parker, Randle Fynes is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Parsifal (Overture Opera Guides) about?

An essential companion for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Wagner's final masterpiece This guide includes a series of articles on Wagner's profound and complex opera, which the composer preferred to call a "Bühnenweihfestspiel"a "festival work to consecrate a stage." The first, by Mike Ashman, explores the ideological background to the opera, both political and philosophical. Dieter Borchmeyer discusses Parsifal's mythological foundations and relation to Wagner's earlier works. Robin Holloway provides a study of the opera's musical motifs, while Carolyn Abbate examines the relation between music and drama in the opera. Finally, Gerd Rienäcker contributes an essay on the dramaturgy of Parsifal , analyzing some of the major scenes. The guide also contains a literal translation of the libretto opposite the original German text.

Who reads Parsifal (Overture Opera Guides)?

Author

Richard Wagner, Rosemarie König, Kurt Pahlen, John P. Jackson, Benjamin Johnson Lang, Alfred Forman, Oliver Huckel, Karl Klindworth, Louis Napoleon Parker, Randle Fynes

Publisher

Oneworld Classics Ltd

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781847495426

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Music, Arts

Updated

2026-03-24