The first scene of the third act is a meadow in the domain of Montsalvat.
Many years have passed,
and it is a morning in early spring.
Gurnemans, now a white-haired old man,
comes from his hut in answer to a strange moan.
He discovers Kundry,
lifeless with cold, lying in some bushes.
He revives her, and in gratitude she brokenly repeats the word DINAN.
to serve, never to speak again.
A warrior in black armor with a closed helmet slowly approaches them.
Scarcely heeding Gurnemanz, he rests for a while, then rising, he thrusts his spear into the ground,
and kneels in prayer before it.
The old knight recognizes in him the boy
who shot the swan and realizes that this is the sacred spear.
Kuntri and Gurnamans refresh and minister to the weary Pasipha.
He then performs his first office
the blessing and baptism of Kundry.
All around, the countryside seems to glow with a strange enchantment.
It is the spell of Good Friday.
Midday strikes and Gurnemanz leads Parsifal, carrying the spear,
towards the castle of Montsalvat.
Kundry follows them.
An orchestral interlude leads to the scene of the great hall of the castle.
The knights are assembled to mourn Tittorell,
whose coffin is borne in.
His son, Amphotas, utters an impassioned prayer to his father's spirit
to intercede for him at the throne of heaven to grant him release from the agony of the wound.
In his wild distress, Amphotas implores the knights to plunge their swords into his breast.
so that the grail may shine once again in a pure light.
At this moment Parzival enters,
bringing the only weapon that can heal Amphotes.
He touches the wound with the point of the sacred spear.
Ascending the steps of the altar, Parsifal takes the grail and kneels before it in prayer.
The grail shines forth with an increasing light.
In ecstasy, Kundry sinks lifeless to the ground.
Amphotas and Guernemans kneel in homage before Parsifal.
above whose head there flutters a white dove.
