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
After Parsifal destroys the garden, the third act is set in a lonely desert encampment, alongside a machine on the blurry line between war and industry: maybe an earthmover, maybe a tank.
From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2023
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
King, who is from South Africa, has just finished a day of work aboard Parsifal III, the 177-foot sailing yacht that provides a setting for some of the most outrageous antics in the Bravo universe.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2022
But there is a deadly serious intent in Parsifal.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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