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In his last opera, Wagner created not simply an opera but a new myth — one that ever since has provoked rich and sometimes paradoxical interpretations. In this presentation on Parsifal, we follow Wagner's radical plot decisions step by step — what he cut, what he kept, what he inserted from other sources, and what he created from nothing — and ask what those decisions reveal about the dramatic and philosophical world he was deliberately constructing.
LIVE on Zoom, Sunday, November 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM.
Free to BWS Members — No purchase necessary for BWS members, simply email us to RSVP. info@bostonwagnersociety.org
$10 for nonmembers
In his last opera, Wagner created not simply an opera but a new myth — one that ever since has provoked rich and sometimes paradoxical interpretations. In this presentation on Parsifal, we follow Wagner's radical plot decisions step by step — what he cut, what he kept, what he inserted from other sources, and what he created from nothing — and ask what those decisions reveal about the dramatic and philosophical world he was deliberately constructing.
LIVE on Zoom, Sunday, November 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM.
Free to BWS Members — No purchase necessary for BWS members, simply email us to RSVP. info@bostonwagnersociety.org
$10 for nonmembers