Parsifal - Schedule, Program & Tickets

Language German

Surtitle Hungarian, English, German

Running time 5 hours including two intervals

In Parsifal, his final music drama, Wagner embeds fear of the temptations of the world and sinful desires into a tale of redemption. The work is indeed a festival play for the stage rather than an opera. Many viewers - perhaps out of their own fears - criticised Wagner, who wrote both the libretto and the music, for what could be called the piece’s virtue and remarkable complexity, which is the personal tone with which he portrayed a religious theme combining notions of sacred and profane love. The visual world of this production directed by artistic director András Almási-Tóth was designed by Sebastian Hannak, who was also behind the look of several Hungarian State Opera productions including Porgy and Bess, The Fairy Queen, and Nixon in China.

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