Re: Trsitan: The First Hundred Years (Zuckerman)

[from Geof. Riggs; not Eliz. H., my better half]

Mike Scott Rohan wrote:

> <snip> However, John
> Rossellini in his short "Life of Verdi" from Cambridge University Press,
> confirms that Verdi owned scores of *all* the major Wagner operas right
> up to Parsifal. Mary Jane Philips-Matz in her biography (OUP) records
> Muzio sending him Meistersinger and Parsifal.

Others -- including George Jellinek -- have been much struck by the
distinct echo of a haunting step-wise series of Parsifal chords in the
final moments of Verdi's Otello.  Otello was premiered in '87, but of
course its composition started a number of years prior to that.

Please, might anyone here have any idea as to the possible date when
Verdi first had access to the Parsifal score?  Thanks.

Cheers,

Geoffrey Riggs
www.operacast.com