Editing Parsifal (section)

===Premiere===
On 12 November 1880, Wagner conducted a private performance of the prelude for his patron [[Ludwig II of Bavaria]] at the Court Theatre in Munich.{{sfnp|Gregor-Dellin|1983|p=485}} The premiere of the entire work was given in the [[Bayreuth Festspielhaus]] on 26 July 1882 conducted by the Jewish-German conductor [[Hermann Levi]]. Stage designs were by [[Max Brückner (artist)|Max Brückner]] and [[Paul von Joukowsky]], who took their lead from Wagner himself. The Grail hall was based on the interior of [[Siena Cathedral]] which Wagner had visited in 1880, while Klingsor's magic garden was modelled on those at the Palazzo Rufolo in [[Ravello]].{{sfnp|Beckett|1981|pp=90 f.}} In July and August 1882 sixteen performances of the work were given in [[Bayreuth]] conducted by Levi and [[Franz Fischer (musician)|Franz Fischer]]. The production boasted an orchestra of 107, a chorus of 135 and 23 soloists (with the main parts being double cast).{{sfnp|Carnegy|2006|pp=107–118}} At the last of these performances, Wagner took the baton from Levi and conducted the final scene of act 3 from the orchestral interlude to the end.{{sfnp|Spencer|2000|p=270}}

At the first performances of ''Parsifal'', problems with the moving scenery (the {{lang|de|Wandeldekoration}}<ref>Heinz-Hermann Meyer. [http://filmlexikon.uni-kiel.de/index.php?action=lexikon&tag=det&id=4255 "Wandeldekoration"], ''Lexikon der Filmbegriffe'', {{ISSN|1610-420X}} Kiel, Germany, 2012, citing the dissertation by [[Pascal Lecocq]].</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=La Wandeldekoration|journal=Revue d'Histoire du Théâtre|url=https://sht.asso.fr/revue/revue-histoire-theatre-numero-156|number=156|pages=359–383|date=1987|issn=0035-2373|author=[[Pascal Lecocq]]|language=fr|archive-date=2023-06-01|access-date=2022-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601022835/https://sht.asso.fr/revue/revue-histoire-theatre-numero-156/|url-status=dead}}</ref>) during the transition from scene 1 to scene 2 in act 1 meant that Wagner's existing orchestral interlude finished before Parsifal and Gurnemanz arrived at the hall of the Grail. [[Engelbert Humperdinck (composer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]], who was assisting the production, provided a few extra bars of music to cover this gap.{{sfnp|Spencer|2000|pp=268 ff.}} In subsequent years this problem was solved and Humperdinck's additions were not used.