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
Schager made his Bayreuth debut in 2016 and sang Parsifal from 2016-19 in Uwe Eric Laufenberg’s staging.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 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
The impressionists, too, were entranced: Renoir travelled to Palermo, Sicily, to portray Wagner when he was composing Parsifal.
From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2021
Picasso made a drawing in response to Parsifal in 1934, a precursor to his world-famous Guernica.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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