PARSIFAL, THE LAST MUSICO-DRAMATIC WORK OF WAGNER, WAS PREMIERED IN BAYREUTH ON 26 JULY 1882 AND, AT FIRST, WERE RESERVED FOR THIS PERFORMANCE VENUE ACCORDING TO THE COMPOSER'S WILL. APART FROM ONLY A FEW EXCEPTIONS, IT WAS NOT UNTIL 30 YEARS LATER (I.E. PREFACE - CAST - DRAMATIS PERSONAE - DISTRIBUTION OF ROLES BY VOICE - ORCHESTRATION - . - PARSIFAL