Parsifal

A community of chaste knights draws vitality from the worship of the Holy Grail. Their king, Amfortas, refuses the ritual of unveiling the Grail because its performance opens up the wound that Amfortas received when he succumbed to the seduction of a woman. Everything suffers and waits for the arrival of a savior in the form of a "pure fool". Wagner's stage consecration festival Parsifal combines the mystery of the Last Supper, medieval knightly epics and the philosophy of compassion to create an enigmatic ritual theater. Calixto Bieito's legendary production consistently rejects any promise of salvation. And warns of the despair of people who cling to encrusted religious images in their search for meaning in a post-apocalyptic world.



Stage festival in three acts
Text by the composer

by Richard Wagner

Act I: approx. 1 hr. 35 min.
Intermission: 30-40 min.
II. Act: approx. 1 hr.
Intermission: 30 min.
Act III: approx. 1 hour 10 min.