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Introductory Material An Introduction to Parsifal Plot Summary of Parsifal Schopenhauer on Compassion Articles - Sources and Contexts Wagner's Sources Parzival and Parsifal Wagner and The Waste Land Wolzogen on Parsifal The Wounding and Healing Spear Parsifal and Greek Myth Magic Flowers The Origins of Kundry Heine's poem Atta Troll Swans and Geese: Wagner's Wildfowl Wagner, Buddhism and Parsifal Jesus - Buddha - Parsifal Suneson on Indian Influences in Parsifal	Articles - Creation Chronology The Genesis of Parsifal Die Sieger (The Victors) Richard Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonk Wagner's Muse
Articles - Interpretation Parsifal and Race Wieland Wagner's Parsifal Cross Parsifal's Progress Sleeping and Waking Good Friday Erlösung dem Erlöser Parsifal and Christianity Versuch einer psychoanalytischen Deutung anhand einer fiktiven Reise ins Innere Wagners - Johann Jahn (BR KLASSIK)	Articles - References The Prose Draft of Parsifal PARSIFAL - A New English Translation Further Reading A Parsifal Discography Vocal score of Parsifal Wagner's Books from the East
Articles - Performance Parsifal on Stage Adolphe Appia on Parsifal and the Ring Parsifal at Covent Garden Bernard Levin on Parsifal Syberberg's Parsifal Film Parsifal in Stefan Herheim's recent production at Bayreuth: a review and analysis by wagneropera.net Parsifal at Baireuth (M.G. van Rensselaer) Wagner's Parsifal (C.D. Warner) from P. Swinkels' Wagner Library	Articles - the Music An Introduction to the Music of Parsifal Orchestration of Wagner's Parsifal - NEW The Mystic Chord Leitmotif Guide - REVISED with new menu Prelude to Act 1 Prelude to Act 2 Prelude to Act 3 Meyerbeer's Robert and Wagner's Parsifal Transformation Music The Bells of Monsalvat
	Articles - Reactions Nietzsche on Parsifal G.B. Shaw on Parsifal A Poem by Paul Verlaine Parsifal and the Nazis Lévi-Strauss on Parsifal Joseph Campbell on Parsifal Thomas Mann on Parsifal A Cautionary Tale (Neil Kurtzman)

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How to read this web-site

Introductory Material

Articles - Sources and Contexts

Articles - Creation

Articles - Interpretation

Articles - References

Articles - Performance

Articles - the Music

Articles - Reactions

Note concerning audio files

Copyright notice