Parsifal meets the flower maidens (Act II).

"In the libretto, Klingsor's maidens are variously referred to as magic maidens and as flowers. Their music seems to have grown out of musical ideas that Wagner had first conceived for his Rhine daughters. In both cases these female creatures are seductive but essentially innocent (even if this is not always made clear in modern productions). Where the Rhine daughters are natural, however, the flower maidens are unnatural, like everything that originates in Klingsor's magic. This does not prevent Parsifal, in the third act, from expressing his compassion for them."

- © Derrick Everett, [ Ссылка ]

Conductor: Armin Jordan, 1982

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