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PlotSummaryfor<br/> Parsifal(1982)<br/> RichardWagner'slastoperahasremainedcontroversialsinceitsfirstperformanceforitsunique,and,forsome,unsavoryblendingofreligiousanderoticthemesandimagery.BasedononeofthemedievalepicromancesofKingArthurandthesearchfortheholygrail(thechalicetouchedbythelipsofChristatthelastsupper),itrecountsoverthreelongactshowa"wildchild"unwittinglyinvadesthesacredprecinctsofthegrail,fulfillingaprophecythatonlysuchaonecansavethegrail'sprotectorsfromacursefallenuponthem.Interpretersoftheworkhavefoundeverythingfrommysticalrevelationtoproto-fascistpropagandainit.Hans-JurgenSyberberg'sproductiondoesn'tavoideitheraspect,buttriessynthesizethembyseekingtheirrootsinthedividedsoulofWagnerhimself.Theactionunfoldsonacraggylandscapewhichturnsouttobeagiganticenlargementofthecomposer'sdeathmask,amongdeliberatelytattytheatricaldevices:puppets,scalemodels,magic-lanternprojections.Theeponymousheroissungbythespecifiedtenorvoice(ReinerGoldberg)butmimedonscreenbyamaleandafemaleperformeralternately,reflectingwhatthedirectortakestobethecreator'sownsexualconflicts.Syberberg'spacing,dictatedbythemajesticpaceofWagner'sscore,isslow,butenlivenedbyconstantsubtleshiftsinpointofview,andmemorableperformancesbyactressEdithCleverasthevillainess/heroineKundry(sungbyYvonneMinton),orchestraconductorArminJordanastheremorsefulknightAmfortas(sungbyWolfgangSchoene),andRobertLloyd(thefaithfulretainerGurnemanz).<br/> SummarywrittenbyRogerDowney
