Table of Contents

Introduction: The Challenge of Wagner's Parsifal - William Kinderman
Medievalism and Metaphysics: The Literary Background for Parsifal - Mary Cicora
Erotic Love in Chrétien's Perceval, Wolfram's Parzival, and Wagner's Parsifal - James M McGlathery
Parsifal and Religion: A Christian Music-Drama? - Ulrike Kienzle
The Genesis of the Music - William Kinderman
Unseen Voices: Wagner's Musical-Dramatic Shaping of the Grail Scene of Act 1 - Katherine R. Syer
"Die Zeit ist da": Rotational Form and Hexatonic Magic in Act 2 Scene 1 - Warren Darcy
Die Weihe des Hauses (The Consecration of the House): Houston Stewart Chamberlain and the Early Reception of ParsifalParsifal - Roger Allen
The Production History - Katherine R. Syer

About the Author

Professor in the School of Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ph.D. 1999, University of Victoria, Canada.

Reviews

This collection of essays makes a major contribution to Parsifal interpretation.... A must read for all Parsifalians.
*OPERA TODAY*

This marvelous Companion to Parsifal offers something of value to anyone interested in finding out more about Wagner's last work....
*GERMAN QUARTERLY*

Kinderman and Syrer have effectively succeeded in emulating a Wagnerian quality: to stimulate our appetite for more.
*GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW*