Resources

Saul Lilienstein Commentaries on Wagner

While so many opera performances and events have been postponed or moved online, Maestro Saul Lilienstein has generously permitted us to share his commentaries on several of Wagner's operas.

Wagner Institute at Miami Classical Music Festival

Postponed - the 2020 program has been postponed to 2021.

Metropolitan Opera Parsifal available online

The Metropolitan Opera's 2013 presentation of François Girard's production of Parsifal is available online!

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Act I

Act II

Act III

Parsifal Lectures

Saul Lilienstein's commentary

Jeffrey Swann and Simon Williams' lectures from the 2017 WIldnis weekend.

Jeffrey Swann's 2018 lecture at the Wagner Society of New York.

Memorable quotes on Wagner and Parsifal.

The Met's playbill from the 2013 performance.

Parsifal in Italian! RAI, 1950, with Maria Callas as Kundry! (see the notes on the YouTube page - one of the discs was uploaded twice.)