It was Richard Wagner's last music drama. First performance took place at Bayreuth Theater in 1882 - one year before the composer's death - under the musical direction of Hermann Levi. Here is an excerpt from Act 1 of Parsifal, including the beautiful Interlude. James Levine conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Parsifal: Siegfried Jerusalem. Gurnemanz: Kurt Moll.
Incidentally, note the intriguing line sung by Gurnemanz:
Incidentally, note the intriguing line sung by Gurnemanz:
You see, my son, time here becomes space (!)
Is it possible that Wagner actually foresaw Einstein's Theory of Relativity?
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