Richard Wagner : Lohengrin (Bayreuth 1958) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Andre Cluytens.
Lohengrin (opera) - Wikipedia. Lohengrin, WWV 7. Romanticopera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner, first performed in 1. The story of the eponymous character is taken from medieval German romance, notably the Parzival of Wolfram von Eschenbach and its sequel, Lohengrin, written by a different author, itself inspired by the epic of Garin le Loherain.
It is part of the Knight of the Swan tradition. The opera has inspired other works of art. King Ludwig II of Bavaria named his fairy- tale castle . It was King Ludwig's patronage that later gave Wagner the means and opportunity to compose, build a theatre for, and stage his epic cycle The Ring of the Nibelung.
The most popular and recognizable part of the opera is the Bridal Chorus, better known as . The Grail Knight Lohengrin, son of the Grail King Parzival, is sent to the duchess of Brabant to defend her. His protection comes under the condition that she must never ask his name. If she violates this requirement, he will be forced to leave her. Wagner attempted at the same time to weave elements of Greek tragedy into the plot. He wrote the following in Mitteilungen an meine Freunde about his Lohengrin plans: Who doesn't know . The lover finds that she cannot recognize the god in this form, and demands that he should make the real sensual form of his being known.
Zeus knows that she would be destroyed by the sight of his real self. He suffers in this awareness, suffers knowing that he must fulfill this demand and in doing so ruin their love. He will seal his own doom when the gleam of his godly form destroys his lover. Is the man who craves for God not destroyed? Composition. The composition is not divided into individual numbers, but is played from act to act without any interruption. This style of composition contrasts with that of the conventional number opera, which is divided into arias, recitatives, and choral sections.
Lohengrin still contains lengthy performances. These motives allowed Wagner to precisely narrate the inner thoughts of the characters on stage, even without speech. Performance history. Liszt chose the date in honour of Weimar's most famous citizen, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who was born on 2. August 1. 74. 9. Although he conducted various extracts in concert in Zurich, London, Paris and Brussels, it was not until 1. Vienna that he was able to attend a full performance. The Austrian premiere took place in Vienna at the Theater am K.
Mallinger also took the role of Elsa in the work's premiere at the Berlin State Opera on 6 April 1. Lohengrin's Russian premiere, outside Riga, took place at the Mariinsky Theatre on 1. October 1. 86. 8. The Belgian premiere of the opera was given at La Monnaie on 2. March 1. 87. 0 with . It was notably the first performance of any Wagner opera in Italy.
Angelo Mariani conducted the performance, which starred Italo Campanini as Lohengrin, Bianca Blume as Elsa, Maria L. The opera's first performance in Australia took place at the Prince of Wales Theatre in Melbourne on 1. August 1. 87. 7. The Metropolitan Opera mounted the opera for the first time on 7 November 1.
Italian, during the company's inaugural season. Campanini portrayed the title role with Christina Nilsson as Elsa, Emmy Fursch- Madi as Ortrud, Giuseppe Kaschmann as Telramund, Franco Novara as Heinrich, and Auguste Vianesi conducting. Conducted by Charles Lamoureux, the performance starred Ernest van Dyck as the title hero, Fid. There was however an 1. French performance given as a Benefit, in the Cercle de la M.
The Palais Garnier staged the work for the first time the following 1. September with van Dyck as Lohengrin, Rose Caron as Elsa, Caroline Fi.
Performed in Italian, the production starred Jean de Reszke as the title hero, Emma Eames as Elsa, and . He also needs to settle a dispute involving the disappearance of the child- Duke Gottfried of Brabant. The Duke's guardian, Count Friedrich von Telramund, has accused the Duke's sister, Elsa, of murdering her brother in order to become the Duchess of Brabant.
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He calls upon the King to punish Elsa and to make him, Telramund, the new Duke of Brabant, since he is the next of kin to the late Duke. The King calls for Elsa to answer Telramund's accusation. She enters, surrounded by her attendants. She does not answer to the King's inquiries, only lamenting her brother's fate. The King declares that he cannot resolve the matter and defers it to God's judgment through ordeal by combat.
Telramund, a strong and seasoned warrior, agrees enthusiastically. When the King asks Elsa who shall be her champion, Elsa describes a knight she has beheld in her dreams (Narrative: . Elsa sinks to her knees and prays to God, to send her champion to her.
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A boat drawn by a swan appears on the river and in it stands a knight in shining armour. He disembarks, dismisses the swan, respectfully greets the king, and asks Elsa if she will have him as her champion, and marry him. Elsa kneels in front of him and places her honour in his keeping. He asks but one thing in return for his service: she is never to ask him his name or where he has come from. Elsa agrees to this. Telramund's people advise him to withdraw because he cannot prevail against the Knight's powers, but he proudly refuses and the combat area is prepared. The company prays to God (.
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Ortrud, Telramund's wife, does not join the prayer, but privately expresses confidence that Telramund will win. The unknown knight defeats Telramund but spares his life. Taking Elsa by the hand, he declares her innocent. The crowd exits, cheering and celebrating. Night in the courtyard outside the cathedral.
Telramund and Ortrud, banished, listen unhappily to the distant party- music. Ortrud reveals that she is a pagan witch (daughter of Radbod Duke of Frisia), and tries to revive Telramund's courage, assuring him that her people (and he) are destined to rule the kingdom again. She plots to induce Elsa to violate the mysterious knight's only condition. When Elsa appears on the balcony in the twilight before dawn she hears Ortrud lamenting and pities her. While Elsa descends to open the castle door, Ortrud prays to her pagan gods, Wodan and Freia, for malice, guile, and cunning, in order to deceive Elsa and restore pagan rule to the region. When Elsa appears, Ortrud warns her that since she knows nothing about her rescuer, he could leave her any time, as suddenly as he came, but Elsa is sure of the virtues of her rescuer.
The two women enter the castle together. Left alone outside Friedrich vows to bring about the downfall of the unknown knight who defeated him.
The sun rises and the people assemble. The Herald announces that Telramund is now outlawed, and that anyone who follows Telramund is an outlaw by the law of the land. In addition, he announces that the King has offered to make the unnamed knight the Duke of Brabant; however, the Knight has declined the title, and prefers to be known only as . Behind the crowd, four noblemen quietly express misgivings to each other because the Protector of Brabant has rescinded their privileges and is calling them to arms.
Telramund appears, and, concealing himself from the crowd, draws these four knights aside and assures them that he will regain his position and stop the Knight, by accusing him of sorcery. As Elsa and her attendants are about to enter the church, Ortrud rushes to the front of the procession and challenges Elsa to tell who her husband is, and to explain why anyone should follow him. The ensuing exchange is interrupted by the entrance of the King with the Knight.
Elsa tells both of them that Ortrud was interrupting the ceremony. The Knight tells Ortrud to go back into the crowd, then takes Elsa to the wedding. The King leads at the front of the couple. When they are about to go inside the church (once more), Telramund enters. He pleads to the king that his defeat in combat was invalid because the Knight did not give his name (trial by combat traditionally being open only to established citizens), then accuses the Knight of sorcery. The Knight refuses to reveal his identity and claims that only one person in the world has the right to know his origin . Elsa, though visibly shaken and uncertain, assures him of her confidence.
King Henry refuses Telramund's questioning of the Knight, and the nobles of Brabant and Saxony praise and give respect to the Knight. Elsa, not seeing her beloved, falls back to the crowd where Ortrud and Telramund take her and try to intimidate her, but the Knight forces both to leave the ceremony. The Knight consoles Elsa.
Finally, the King, the Knight and Elsa, together with the men and women around, go forward. Elsa takes one last look at the banished Ortrud, then they enter the church.
Scene 1: The bridal chamber. Elsa and her new husband are ushered in with the well- known bridal chorus, and the couple express their love for each other. Ortrud's words, however, are impressed upon Elsa; she laments that her name sounds so sweet in her husband's lips but she cannot utter his name. Afterwards she asks him to confide on her his name to keep it secret, when no one is around, but at all instances he refuses; finally, despite his warnings, she asks her husband the fatal questions.
Before the Knight can answer, Telramund and his four recruits rush into the room in order to attack him. The knight defeats and kills Telramund. Then, he sorrowfully turns to Elsa and asks her to follow him to the king, to whom he will now reveal his mystery.
Scene 2: On the banks of the Scheldt (as in Act 1)The troops arrive equipped for war. Telramund's corpse is brought in, Elsa comes forward, then the Knight. He tells the King that Elsa has broken her promise and he discloses his identity by telling the story of the Holy Grail, on Monsalvat, and reveals himself as Lohengrin, Knight of the Holy Grail and son of King Parsifal sent to protect an unjustly accused woman.
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