Wolfram von Eschenbach
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Wolfram von Eschenbach was a German knight, poet and composer, regarded as one of the greatest epic poets of medieval German literature. As a Minnesinger, he also wrote lyric poetry.
Portrait of Wolfram from the Codex Manesse, c. 1300
Statue of Wolfram at Burg Abenberg castle in Abenberg
Parsifal
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Parsifal is a music drama in three acts by the German composer Richard Wagner and his last composition. Wagner's own libretto for the work is freely based on the 13th-century Middle High German chival
Wolfram von Eschenbach
…of Parzival in 1753 by the Swiss scholar Johann Jakob Bodmer. Parzival was the main source Richard Wagner used when writing the libretto to his opera, Parsifal. Wolfram himself appears as a character in another Wagner opera, Tannhäuser. Works by Wolfram von Eschenbach at Project Gutenberg…
Amalie Materna, Emil Scaria and Hermann Winkelmann in the first production of the Bühnenweihfestspiel at the Bayreuth Festival
Drawing for a libretto cover page by Peter Hoffer (undated)
Poster for the premiere production of Parsifal, 1882
Scene design for the controversial 1903 production at the Metropolitan Opera: Gurnemanz leads Parsifal to Monsalvat (act 1)