Publisher's description:

The Grail – the cup which Jesus Christ used at the Last Supper, and which subsequently collected His blood – is one of the most powerful symbols in the last two thousand years of Western culture.
"Parsifal", Wagner's three-act opera, is the most famous work to celebrate the Search for the Grail, first performed in 1882.
Tony Palmer’s film centres round a performance of "Parsifal", with the unmistakable Placido Domingo in the title role, and conducted by the distinguished Valery Gergiev. The striking documentary, narrated by Domingo himself, offers a description of the plot and explores theories about Parsifal's origins and considerable sphere of influence.
The music was recorded at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg and in the gardens of the Villa Rufolo in Ravello, Italy, which had been a principal source of inspiration for Wagner.
This powerful and controversial film provides an invaluable oppurtunity to explore Wagner and his most intense opera.

Parsifal est un festival scénique sacré en trois actes de Richard Wagner. Il fut produit pour la première fois à Bayreuth, en 1882. Cette œuvre se fonde sur l’épopée médiévale Parzival de Wolfram von Eschenbach, et sur Perceval ou le Conte du Graal, de Chrétien de Troyes.