With five-hour opera Parsifal becomes almost a century later, the Gran Teatre del Liceu.
The libretto and music of this magnificent work is Richard Wagner and was released on July 26, 1882 at the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth. In Spain, arrived on December 31, 1913 at Gran Teatre del Liceu, a site that hosts a second time.
This work, highly symbolic and metaphysical, is the leading exponent of the idea of redemption that permeates all of Wagner. The action takes place in the castle of Montsalvat, where a brotherhood of monks, knights, led by King Amfortas, custody relics. Parsifal, the hero who ignores their origins and even its name, has a revelation when it is about being seduced by the beautiful Kundry. After a long pilgrimage to the Holy Lance appears and is anointed king. Claus Guth includes the symbol, the myth, to show moral and physical decay within a family saga.
With a lot of artists on stage, costumes and dazzling staging, Parsifal is a real gem of the opera and a luxury to have it in Barcelona. The first show is Thursday March 11 at 19 pm and will last five hours spread over three acts.
Three quarters of an hour before the show Teatre organization offers an informative talk on the opera free access for attendees.
Cor room of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, entry per la Rambla, 51-59.
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