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Richard Wagner’s Parsifal remains an inexhaustible yet highly controversial work. This “stage consecration festival play,” as the composer described it, represents the culmination of his efforts to bring medieval myth and modern music together in a dynamic relationship. Wagner’s engagement with religion–Buddhist as well as Christian–reaches a climax here, as he seeks through artistic means “to rescue the essence of religion by perceiving its mythical symbols . . …. More >>