Gurnemanz

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Gurnemanz is a wise, elderly knight of the Grail and one of the central spiritual guides in Richard Wagner’s opera *Parsifal*.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gurnemanz canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bass role ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
knight of the Grail ⓘ
opera character ⓘ
appearsIn Parsifal ⓘ
appearsInAct Act I of Parsifal ⓘ
linked to: Parsifal

Act III of Parsifal ⓘ
appearsWithCharacter Amfortas ⓘ
Kundry ⓘ
Parsifal ⓘ
Titurel ⓘ
associatedWith Knights of the Grail ⓘ
Montsalvat ⓘ
centralThemeRelation redemption through compassion ⓘ
characterTrait elderly ⓘ
wise ⓘ
creator Richard Wagner ⓘ
dramaticFunction expositor of backstory ⓘ
link between old order and renewal in Parsifal ⓘ
moral commentator ⓘ
explainsToCharacter Amfortas’s suffering ⓘ
the Grail ritual ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocationOfWork Bayreuth Festspielhaus ⓘ
firstPerformanceOfWork 1882 ⓘ
genreOfWork music drama ⓘ
opera ⓘ
guidesCharacter Parsifal ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
nationalityOfCreator German ⓘ
notableAriaOrScene long narrative in Act I describing the Grail and Amfortas ⓘ
“Titurel, der fromme Held” scene ⓘ
occupation knight ⓘ
operaBy Richard Wagner ⓘ
premiereConductorOfWork Hermann Levi ⓘ
roleInStory mentor to Parsifal ⓘ
spiritual guide ⓘ
settingOfAction Montsalvat, the Grail castle ⓘ
teachesMoral “Durch Mitleid wissend, der reine Tor” ⓘ
timeOfCompositionOfWork 1877–1882 ⓘ
voiceType bass ⓘ
workCatalogueNumber WWV 111 ⓘ
workForm Bühnenweihfestspiel ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parsifal → character → Gurnemanz ⓘ
Kundry → hasRelationshipWith → Gurnemanz ⓘ
Klingsor → enemyOf → Gurnemanz ⓘ
The Grail Knights → hasMember → Gurnemanz ⓘ