Richard Wagner: Parsifal

Richard Wagner: Parsifal DVD VIDEO MOVIE documentary final opera Placido Domingo Type: Movie Platform: DVD Released: 2001 Media: DVD Product DetailsNumber of Discs1RatingNot RatedFilm CountryUnited KingdomUPC032031185098Additional DetailsGenreMusical & Performing ArtsFormatDVDThe definitive documentary about Wagner's final opera is hosted by Placido Domingo, who also performs many of the excerpts from the opera. This is very good work of its kind, but potential viewers should know what to expect. It is not a performance of Wagner's Parsifal, which would take over four hours, but a 90-minute television documentary about the quest for the Holy Grail and Wagner's treatment of the subject--his last opera. It is a wide-ranging, fast-moving, multifaceted discussion, with selected scenes from Parsifal and brief allusions to other treatments of the Holy Grail (Indiana Jones, Monty Python), glimpses of Wagner's life, as played by Richard Burton, a look at the biblical roots and theologi