The most eagerly anticipated Wagner event of the season.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
The Metropolitan Opera has always had a special connection with Parsifal, Wagner's final opera. From the "bootleg" performances of 1903 (the Met was the first opera company to challenge the composer's decree that his "stage-consecrating festival play" should only be performed at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus) to Otto Schenck's picture-realist production of the 1980s, this opera has always had an important place at the Met.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
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| The Knights of the Holy Grail congregate in Wagner's Parsifal. Photo by Jean-Louis Fernandez © 2012 Opera Lyon, courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera. |
