About the opera
- Run time: 5hrs 15min, 2 intermissions
- Sung in: German
- Subtitles: English, German
- Opera house: Vienna State Opera
Parsifal, Wagner’s final masterpiece, is traditionally performed around Easter at the Vienna State Opera. Frequently, audiences and conductors rank Parsifal as Wagner's most exquisite opera.
Ticket information
- Select a date an book
- Booking Confirmation by email
- Ticket pick-up at the evening box office
Vienna State Opera
Opernring 2, 1010 Vienna View in Google Maps
How to get there:
Underground: U1, U4 – Stop at KARLSPLATZ,
Trams: 1, 2, D, 62, 71 – Stop at OPERNRING
Creators
Richard Wagner (1813–83) was one of the most significant figures in the history of opera. His works transformed the course of Western music, either by extension of his discoveries or reaction against them.
Wagner controlled all aspects of his theatrical works, writing both the music and the librettos of his operas, giving instructions for scenic design, staging, and action, and conducted most of their premieres. His aesthetic ideal was what he called a Gesamtkunstwerk (“total work of art”), meaning a work in which all art forms are united in the service of drama.
For the libretto Wagner took inspiration from Parzival, a German epic poem by Wolfram von Eschenbach (c. 1160/80 – C. 1220).
