wissen's

Updated: July 4, 2026

There is another, and by this second departure from the old legends which furnished forth his subject, Wagner made "Lohengrin" and "Parsifal" forever irreconcilable. The whole fabric of the older opera rests on the forbidden question: Nie solist du mich befragen, noch Wissen's Sorge tragen, woher ich kam der Fahrt, noch wie mein Nam' und Art.

Henry Edward Krehbiel - A Book of Operas : Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music