A Pure Fool, Enlightened By Compassion

Returning to the Met this season is Francois Girard's timeless production of Richard Wagner's Parsifal. An epic that follows a Knight who sets out on a mystical quest to save the realm and his King, expect operatic fireworks in this transcendent production, starring Piotr Becza as the titular Parsifal and Ryan Speedo Green as Klingsor, the evil sorcerer who impedes his progress.

French Canadian Girard draws on his filmic career to create a surreal post-apocalyptic landscape, designed by Michael Levine, where the Knights' own journeys to save their ailing leader are melded into a quest for their very soul against harrowing circumstance

What Is The Story?

In true Wagnerian style, Parsifal is a lavish and monumental work. The composer's final masterpiece, it is replete with strange prophecy, religious symbolism, disguise, seduction, and action, all of the hallmarks of a winning and unforgettable experience.

Amfortas, the ruler of the Grail Kingdom, the home of the Holy Grail, has been gravely wounded by the magician Klingsor. According to the mysterious Kundry, he will only be healed by a 'pure fool', enlightened by compassion.' Enter the innocent Parsifal, a young man with a hell of a journey ahead of him.