Lohengrin (opera, 1850)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lohengrin_(opera,_1850)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Parzival_by_Wolfram_von_Eschenbach
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:duration about 3 hours 30 minutes
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Franz_Liszt
gptkbp:firstPublished 1850
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Tristan_und_Isolde
gptkbp:genre romantic opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lohengrin (opera, 1850)
gptkbp:inspiredBy medieval German legend of Lohengrin
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Lohengrin
gptkb:Elsa_of_Brabant
gptkb:Friedrich_von_Telramund
gptkb:King_Heinrich
gptkb:Ortrud
gptkbp:motif gptkb:Bridal_Chorus_(Here_Comes_the_Bride)
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:In_fernem_Land
Elsa's Dream
gptkbp:notableChorus gptkb:Bridal_Chorus
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Bridal_Chorus
Prelude to Act I
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Bayreuth_Festival
gptkbp:notableRecording Bayreuth Festival recordings
Herbert von Karajan (EMI, 1971)
Levine/Metropolitan Opera (DG, 1986)
Rudolf Kempe (EMI, 1962)
Wolfgang Sawallisch (Philips, 1962)
gptkbp:numberOfActs 3
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Der_fliegende_Holländer
gptkbp:premiereDate 1850-08-28
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Staatskapelle_Weimar
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:C._F._Meser
gptkbp:setting Antwerp, 10th century
gptkbp:subject chivalric romance
mystery of identity
knight of the Holy Grail
gptkbp:WagnerianOpera yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lohengrin_in_Lohengrin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7