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Gurnemanz

Operatic character in the opera Parsifal

Appears in 5 videos · 10 passages, 5 of them in depth.

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani discusses Gurnemanz when commenting on Wagner's Parsifal, in sessions from 2022 and 2024. He presents him as the old knight-narrator who tells the sacred history to the squires and "teaches the catechism" to the young, acting as the historian of the Grail12. He notes that this bass role weighs so heavily on the work that it resembles a rhapsody for bass and orchestra3. He dwells above all on the scene of the slain swan. Gurnemanz questions Parsifal there and asks his name, and Parsifal cannot remember any name45. He then forces him to look at the bird's blood to make him feel guilty, an attitude in which Dominique Pagani finds a sadistic streak67. Finally, he recalls that Gurnemanz drives Parsifal away with the words "go chase the geese and leave the swans alone"89. From one session to the next, he presents the character the same way: a pious transmitter of tradition who is also harsh and fails to recognise the newcomer.

  1. 1L’hésitation fascinée par l’ouÏe et par la vue : Siegfried et Perceval12 Dec 2022 · 27:20
  2. 2La matrice de toute illusion : le passé vécu comme présent4 Jun 2024 · 14:03
  3. 3La quête du Graal, bondieuserie ou sacrilège ?1 Apr 2024 · 1:22:56
  4. 4Sauver le sauveur ? La rédemption - fin du cycle ou son recommencement ?21 Apr 2024 · 1:19:10
  5. 5De la fidélité à la grâce - De la substance au Sujet30 May 2024 · 1:34:22
  6. 6L’hésitation fascinée par l’ouÏe et par la vue : Siegfried et Perceval12 Dec 2022 · 57:43
  7. 7La matrice de toute illusion : le passé vécu comme présent4 Jun 2024 · 1:56:02
  8. 8L’hésitation fascinée par l’ouÏe et par la vue : Siegfried et Perceval12 Dec 2022 · 1:14:33
  9. 9De la fidélité à la grâce - De la substance au Sujet30 May 2024 · 8:50

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