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- Richard Wagner
Lohengrin WWV 75 (Schirmer edition) (1850)
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- Libretto by the composer. English translation by Stewart Robb.
- English, German
Programme Note
Cast List:
LOHENGRIN, Knight of the Holy Grail: Tenor
HENRY I, King of Germany: Bass
FREDERICK TELRAMUND, a Noble of Brabant: Baritone
THE ROYAL HERALD: Bass
GOTTFRIED, Elsa's brother: Mute
FOUR NOBLES OF BRABANT: Tenors and Basses
ELSA OF BRABANT: Soprano
ORTRUD, wife of Telramund: Mezzo-Soprano
FOUR PAGES: Sopranos and Altos
Chorus of Saxon and Brabantian Nobles, Ladies, Pages, etc.
Synopsis:
King Heinrich arrives in Antwerp in search of an army and asks Friedrich of Telramund why the kingdom is in such strife. Telramund and his evil wife Ortud claim that their ward Elsa has murdered her brother Gottfried to obtain the throne. A Knight in Shining Armour mysteriously appears to defend Elsa, offering to marry her on condition that she never asks about his identity. Confident of her naivety, Telramund and Ortud easily sow the seeds of distrust in Elsa’s mind and she demands to know her husband’s name. The Knight sadly explains that he is Lohengrin, son of Parsifal, from the Temple of the Holy Grail in Montsalvat; and with that he is forced to leave forever.
LOHENGRIN, Knight of the Holy Grail: Tenor
HENRY I, King of Germany: Bass
FREDERICK TELRAMUND, a Noble of Brabant: Baritone
THE ROYAL HERALD: Bass
GOTTFRIED, Elsa's brother: Mute
FOUR NOBLES OF BRABANT: Tenors and Basses
ELSA OF BRABANT: Soprano
ORTRUD, wife of Telramund: Mezzo-Soprano
FOUR PAGES: Sopranos and Altos
Chorus of Saxon and Brabantian Nobles, Ladies, Pages, etc.
Synopsis:
King Heinrich arrives in Antwerp in search of an army and asks Friedrich of Telramund why the kingdom is in such strife. Telramund and his evil wife Ortud claim that their ward Elsa has murdered her brother Gottfried to obtain the throne. A Knight in Shining Armour mysteriously appears to defend Elsa, offering to marry her on condition that she never asks about his identity. Confident of her naivety, Telramund and Ortud easily sow the seeds of distrust in Elsa’s mind and she demands to know her husband’s name. The Knight sadly explains that he is Lohengrin, son of Parsifal, from the Temple of the Holy Grail in Montsalvat; and with that he is forced to leave forever.