The Knights of the Holy Grail are in decline. Their ruler, Amfortas, is ailing from an unhealable wound. While the knight Gurnemanz wistfully recalls the prophecy of a guileless youth who will restore the order, he refuses to believe that the naive, young man before him could be that savior. And so the youth, Parsifal, leaves on what will become a journey that will bring him full circle back to the knights.

For the first time in 25 years, Wagner’s final opera returns in a brand-new San Francisco Opera production. Matthew Ozawa— whose work was last seen in the acclaimed Orpheus and Eurydice—directs this meditation on compassion, focusing on the intersection of Eastern and Western spiritual traditions in a mythical world of knights and sorcerers.

Music Director Eun Sun Kim continues her exploration of Wagner’s works through this sublime score, brought to life with a cast of Wagnerian superstars joined by the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Dancers.

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Parsifal

War Memorial Opera House

A look into the "abyss of man": 100 years after the premiere, Alan Gilbert conducts the opera "Wozzeck" by Alban Berg at the Hamburg International Music Festival. On May 23 and 25 in the Elbphilharmonie.

IMF: Alan Gilbert conducts Alban Berg's "Wozzeck"

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

In the spirit of romanticism, the young Richard Wagner shaped the legend of the Flying Dutchman into an opera of bold music and irrepressible force. It is a dark and mysterious tale, the atmosphere of which Wagner captured so succinctly in his striking score. He unleashes forces of nature in the orchestra, while echoing folkloric music in the chorus, and the solo scenes, duets and ensembles are highly expressive. Dream and reality blur; imagination and reality can barely be distinguished. Since the Dresden premiere in 1843, The Flying Dutchman has sailed across the opera stages of the world, and has often laid anchor in Berlin. This production by Philipp Stölzl presents Wagner’s work as a colourful pirate story and an adventurous spiritual journey with some surprising twists and turns.

Der fliegende Holländer

Berlin State Opera

Exactly one hundred years since Pierre Boulez was born. Conductor, composer, theoretician, how can we sum up this figure, whose tutelary shadow continues to hover over the past century? Philippe Manoury, who was a close friend, pays tribute to him, and after his whimsical Notations , the Orchestre National de France remembers the immense Wagnerian that was Boulez: the first act of Die Walküre resurrects memories of a certain Bayreuth festival.

Falk Struckmann

Events

Past events

Oct 25 - Nov 13, 2025

Parsifal · San Francisco Opera

23 - 25 May, 2025

IMF: Alan Gilbert conducts Alban Berg's "Wozzeck" · NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in Symphony No. 40 by Mozart

Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra

Doctor in Wozzeck by Berg

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

Singer in Die Walküre by Wagner

Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra

Klingsor in Parsifal by Wagner

San Francisco Opera

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