FOREWORD
The Parsifal of Richard Wagner was not only the last
and loftiest work of his genius, but it is also one
of the few great dramas of modern times,—a
drama which unfolds striking and...
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In the following essay, Frye surveys the literary and mythological sources of Wagner's opera Parsifal, and associates the work's theme and music with the concepts of Arthur Schopenhauer&...
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In the following essay, Ziolkowski provides background to Wagner's opera Parsifal and makes a thematic analysis of its libretto, while noting the “racist, sexist, and elitist” ass...
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In the following excerpt, McGlathery formulates a detailed explication of Wagner's final opera Parsifal with an emphasis on the work's representation of Parsifal's “triumph...
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The world premiere production of Georg Friedrich Haas' "Melancholia" and Anna Netrebko singing Giulietta in a revival of Bellini's "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" highlight the 2007-8 Paris Opera season...
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Bayreuth, Germany (dpa) - Germany's annual Bayreuth Festival of
Wagner operas was starting Wednesday with a make-or-break production
by the 29-year-old great-granddaughter o...
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Bayreuth, Germany (dpa) - Germany's annual Bayreuth Festival of
Wagner operas began Wednesday with a make-or-break production by the
29-year-old great-granddaughter of the l...
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Rose Bampton, a soprano who performed 18 seasons at the Metropolitan Opera and established herself as a premier voice in American opera, has died. She was 99.Bampton died Tuesday in the Philadelphi...
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German soprano (b. Dec. 9, 1915, Jarotschin, near Posen, Ger. [now
Poznan, Pol.
]—d. Aug. 3, 2006, Schruns,
Austria
), was possessed of a voice that was powerful yet flexible and had a warm...
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Berlin (dpa) - A 29-year-old blonde who has staged just five
operas is being lined up to run one of the world's most famous
festivals dedicated to the works of Richard Wagne...
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Before ABC producer Shelley Ross and stunt-magician David Blaine settled on having Mr. Blaine “drown himself alive” at Lincoln Center in a two-hour prime-time special, they considered a...
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Parsifal
Critical Essay by Northrop Frye
`Melancholia' highlights Paris Opera
