"He [Wagner] has been much criticized for this strongly personal
statement of a religious subject, which mingles the concepts of sacred
and profane love; but in the light of modern knowledge, his insight into
the relationship between religious and sexual experience can only seem
much in advance of his time." -- Encylopaedia Britannica
Completed in 1882, Parsifal is Wagner's last opera and one of his
finest, renowned for its splendid music and glowing orchestration. With
its deeply personal treatment of the legend of the Holy Grail, and the
subtle intensity and depth of compassion of its treatment of themes of
innocence and purity, remorse and sexual renunciation, the opera ranks
as one of Wagner's most symbolic, intense, and compassionate works.
This Dover edition reproduces every note of this glorious masterpiece
from the authoritative C. F. Peters edition, including the list of
characters and contents in both German and English. It will be welcomed
by musicians, music lovers, opera buffs, and admirers of Wagner as the
only complete, inexpensive edition of a 19th-century landmark.