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Episode 105 [PATREON EXCLUSIVE] -- Richard Wagner's Parsifal (Patreon)

Published:
2025-11-10 18:55:59
Edited:
2025-11-10 18:57:44
Imported:
2026-09

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Back by popular (?) demand (?), it's another Richard Wagner-focused episode of In Bed with the Right. Wagner's final opera, 1882's Parsifal, draws on the grail legends, various philosophers, Wagner's own aging process, and whatever the 19th century version of Buddhism for Dummies was. Come for the male suffering, stay for the syphilis-metaphors, the Best Little Whorehouse in Grailland, and the final split in the bromance known as Nietzgner (probably? We're talking about Nietzsche and Wagner).

Comments

In Bed With the Right

Lol, I just published this with the title "Lesbian Pulp" and if that got you to click on the link boy oh boy are you gonna be disappointed 🤣

Miriam G

Indeed, came here to comment my confusion 😂

Betti Steam

Jump scare or wagner flash

Ken

Was that deliberate?

Nicola Collett

Ah, that classic of the Lesbian Pulp genre, Parsifal

Nina V~

i got the notification, thought, "wait, ANOTHER one? sure, ok, i'll let moira and adrian drag me down another rabbit hole!" saw the edit, and was like, oh, yes, this also makes sense! 💜

jacq

i’ve never hopped onto patreon faster & subsequently pikachu face’d upon realizing the mistake. but at least you two know your audience

Nevrosiel

No disappointment here, the Wagner bits are always creepy lovely...

Laura R

I enjoyed this. Thanks. I'd love to hear you talk about what do we do with Wagner. By that I mean how do we reconcile his politics with his undeniable contributions to the development of modern classical music (and even jazz), as well as his concept of Gesamtkunstwerk which I believe has influenced not only opera, but modern filmmaking.

Ezra Dobson

As someone who had this opera inflicted on me when I was eight years old (surely this is child abuse?), I am delighted by this episode and the Wagner series. Unsurprisingly this is the only way I can be persuaded to interact with Wagner at all. Thank you!

Alex Strasheim

A few years ago the Met did a production of Parsifal that really leaned into how weird the whole thing is, and the whole time you guys were talking about The Ring, I was hoping you'd talk about Parsifal. So thanks for this! In this production, the flower maidens were wearing these filmy, gauzy nightgown type costumes, and they looked almost like vampires from a 60's Hammer film. Everyone was standing in a shallow pool of red liquid. I read reviews afterward and no one seemed to talk about what any of it meant. I don't know why that is, but I think they'd have a much bigger audience if more people talked about it the way you guys do.

Kelsey

Patreon patrons pay for Parsifal podcasts

Karen Cox

This inspired me to buy two of Adrian’s books: Tristan’s Shadow ànd Thé Dynastic Imagination

Gabriel Lanciano

I absolutely LOOOOVE your discussions of 19th century German topics. It’s fascinating and you both have such interesting and thought provoking perspectives.

Philip Murray

Thanks for this! I greatly appreciate your podcast in general, but as a musician and Wagner fan have particularly enjoyed your episodes on Wagner, (as well as on Nietzsche, 19th C German philosophy and other adjacent topics). I eagerly await your takes on Tristan and Meistersinger!

Kemplify

I didn't think I'd love this episode as much as I did (my feeble attempts at understanding and liking opera are becoming bolder). Hearing Adrian describe Parsifal I first thought, "Oh, so it's Monty Python and the Holy Grail combined with that Bugs Bunny cartoon about opera, good job Richard." But ofc it's much more than that. Really great discussion. You've converted me into desiring more opera talk!

mica (the mineral)

I’m possibly the only listener who has read Eschenbach’s Parzival (they indeed taught it as a bildungsroman to 16 year olds at my Waldorf school) but had absolutely no idea there even was an opera. 😂 Fascinating episode! (Would love to see a Rudolf Steiner/anthroposophy episode someday- a gender angle on that would be really interesting!)

Brianna Walker

IBWTR McMansion hell crossover episode WHENNNNNN

Kara Noel Gelman

I’m late to this but I’m inclined to do the same. I’d love them to do a similar discussion of Siegfried Idyll. Or maybe I need to listen to more episodes!