Parsifal
Americannoun
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(italics) an opera (composed 1877–82; premiere 1882) by Richard Wagner.
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Teutonic Legend, Arthurian Legend. Percival.
noun
Example Sentences
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She achieves it—and, instead of dropping dead at the end, as usual, lifts the Grail in tandem with Parsifal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
Parsifal and Kundry, her hair a weird amalgamation of black and white, embraced in the final act not far from a derelict mining machine, his shirt reading “Remember Me” and hers “Forget Me.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023
Nézet-Séguin believes that Beczala could even sing Parsifal one day.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023
The impressionists, too, were entranced: Renoir travelled to Palermo, Sicily, to portray Wagner when he was composing Parsifal.
From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2021
Musically, Parsifal derives much of its seductive power from Wagner’s frequent disruption of the listener’s expectations.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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