A music drama composed by Wagner. He wrote the libretto himself based on a medieval epic poem, and completed it in 1882, which premiered at the Bayreuth Festival Theater in the same year. It has three acts and is entitled Bühnenweihfestspiel (Sacred Festival Drama). The story unfolds in the castle of Montsalvat in medieval Spain. Amfortas, the king of the Knights, who protects the Holy Grail that contains the blood of Christ on the cross, is seduced by the lust of the enchantress Kuntry and is seriously injured by the magician Klingsor, which leads to the downfall of the Knights. However, after many journeys, the "pure fool" Parsifal learns of "sympathy" and, guided by the old knight Gurnemanz, saves Amfortas, Kuntry, and the Knights. This mysterious story clearly shows Wagner's religious and worldview in his final years (it is based on Christianity but is also strongly influenced by Eastern thought), and the music, despite its gentle appearance, is written in a more radical style than "Tristan and Isolde." This work, which premiered the year before Wagner's death, was so sacred that it was banned from being performed anywhere other than the same theater until 1913. Its Japanese premiere was in 1967 (Showa 42) by the Nikikai. [Yukio Miyake] Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
ワーグナー作曲の楽劇。中世の叙事詩に基づいて自ら台本をつくり、1882年に完成、同年バイロイト祝祭劇場初演。全三幕。舞台神聖祭典劇Bühnenweihfestspielと題されている。物語は中世スペインのモンサルバート城を舞台に展開する。十字架上のキリストの血を受けた聖杯を守る騎士団の王アムフォルタスは、妖女(ようじょ)クントリーの愛欲に迷って魔術師クリングゾルに重傷を負わされ、騎士団は没落の一途をたどるが、「清き愚者」パルジファルがさまざまな遍歴を経て「同情」を知り、老騎士グルネマンツに導かれてアムフォルタスとクントリー、そして騎士団を救済する。この神秘的な物語には最晩年のワーグナーの宗教観・世界観(キリスト教を題材としているが東洋思想の影響も強い)が如実に現れ、音楽も穏やかな外見にかかわらず『トリスタンとイゾルデ』以上に急進的なスタイルで書かれている。ワーグナーの死の前年に初演されたこの作品は、1913年まで同劇場以外での上演が禁止されていたほど神聖視されていた。日本初演は1967年(昭和42)二期会による。 [三宅幸夫] 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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