Brilliant Opera Collection - Wagner: Parsifal

wykonawcy

Kegel, Herbert, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Thomanerchor Leipzig

nr katalogowy

95120

opis

Wagner’s most elusive and enigmatic opera, Parsifal has given scholars much to think about it since its premiere in 1882. A cryptic mixture of Christian, pagan and oriental elements, as well as containing some nods to the 19th-century writings of Schopenhauer, the opera follows the medieval legend of the knights of the Holy Grail. With their leader Amfortas gravely injured, the Knights are in trouble, and turn to the unlikely hero Parsifal to steal back the holy spear Amfortas possessed when he was seduced and stabbed by Klingsor, an embittered ex-knight. On the way, Parsifal must battle the temptations of the flower maidens and the manipulative Kundry – this in addition to him discovering more about his own past. Wagner’s last opera, Parsifal deals centrally with the theme of Mitleid, or compassion, a redemptive quality that is underlined by Wagner’s gloriously sublime score.

nośnik

CD x 3

wydawca

Brilliant Classics

data wydania

13.11.2019

EAN / kod kreskowy

5028421951201

75,00 zł