When the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden presented the première of Richard Wagner’s (final) opera Parsifal (1882) on March 16th, 2005—directed by Bernd Eichinger, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, and played by the Staatskapelle—this was accompanied, or rather countered, by a performance entitled Jonathan Meese ist Mutter Parzival (Jonathan Meese is Mother Parzival), which took place in the Magazin, the opera’s depot space. Additional performances were held on March 19th and 28th, 2005.> >