I saw Gotterdamerung in San Francisco and it was amazing. I think in 2010. I just closed my eyes during Siegfrieds funeral march and loved every minute. I look forward to the rest of the Ring. I want to see Parsifal. It is Wagners last opera and it is about redemption. Maybe the mean sob had a awakening before he died. I love all of his music.
The MET is doing a new production of Parsifal next season, and I think you can count on it being one of the productions broadcast to movie theatres world-wide. The telecast should be on March 2, 2013 at 12 noon eastern time. Like most of Gelb’s productions, it sounds like it will have nothing to do with what the composer intended, but for $22 or so, you can always close your eyes.