Parsifal

At daybreak, a wild-eyed rider hurtles into the Grail castle with a crystal flask for the suffering King Amfortas. But he believes no balm can save him without the coming of the “guileless One.”

In a deep mountain forest, the knights of the Grail keep watch over a king whose wound will not heal and a sacred Spear stolen by the sorcerer Klingsor. Into their troubled world comes Parsifal, young and unworldly, with no understanding yet of the suffering around him—or of the part he may be called to play. Kundry, strange and tireless, serves the knights while carrying shadows of her own; Gurnemanz hopes for a deliverer, even as Amfortas despairs. The drama unfolds in poetry steeped in wonder, guilt, and the hope of compassion. What must Parsifal learn before he can answer the King’s need?

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