Parsifal : the search for the Grail.

The Grail -- the cup which Jesus Christ used at the Last Supper, and which subsequently collected His blood as He bled on the Cross -- is one of the most powerful symbols in the last two thousand years of Western culture. Parsifal, Wagner' three-act opera, is the most famous work to celebrate t...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Mariinskiĭ teatr (1991- ). Orkestr (Performer), Leningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr opery i baleta imeni S.M. Kirova. Khor (Performer)
Other Authors:	Bluett, Mike (Producer), Domingo, Plácido, 1941- (Narrator, Performer), Gergiev, Valeriĭ, 1953- (Conductor), Palmer, Tony, 1941- (Director), Putilin, Nikolaĭ, 1954- (Performer), Salminen, Matti (Performer), Urmana, Violeta (Performer), Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
Format:	Video
Language:	German
Language Notes:	This edition in English and German with English subtitles.
Published:	Germany : ArtHaus Musik, 2012.
Series:	Classical music in video
Subjects:	Operas. Operas Documentaries and Factual Films Online media. documentary film. Documentary films Filmed performances Filmed performances. Documentary films. Spectacles filmés. Documentaires.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	The Grail -- the cup which Jesus Christ used at the Last Supper, and which subsequently collected His blood as He bled on the Cross -- is one of the most powerful symbols in the last two thousand years of Western culture. Parsifal, Wagner' three-act opera, is the most famous work to celebrate the Search for the Grail. First performed in 1882, the opera was written especially for the composer's revolutionary theatre in Bayreuth. Tony Palmer's film centers round a performance of Parsifal, with the unmistakable Plácido Domingo in the title role, and conducted by the distinguished Valery Gergiev. The music was recorded at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg and in the gardens of the Villa Rufolo in Ravello, Italy, which had been a principal source of inspiration for Wagner. This powerful and controversial film provides an invaluable opportunity to explore Wagner and his most intense opera.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Jun. 3, 2013). Includes scenes from the Parsifal concert filmed at the Ravello Wagner Festival, explores the history of the grail tradition and how it has been represented in various works, and, details the background in which Wagner wrote his grail opera, Parsifal.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (88 min.).