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Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)LohengrinThe legends, which eventually resulted in the operasTannhauser and Lohengrin, came to the notice ofWagner while he was in Paris in 1841. In the summer of1845 the composer returned to the Lohengrin story,briefly told in Wolfram von Eschenbach's poemParzival, and in fuller detail in an anonymousthirteenth-century German poem entitled Lohengrin anda French epic Le Chevalier au Cygne. Having drafted aprose scenario for a possible opera after returning toDresden on 3rd August, Wagner then set aboutconstructing the poem which he completed by 27thNovember. By 1846 he began composition on the work,starting with the Third Act first, then the First, and thenthe Second (which was completed by 30th July), finallyfinishing with the opening Prelude for the opera, thewhole complete draft being finished on 29th August.(He had realised from the beginning that the middle actwould prove the most problematic.) The work wasfinished in full score by 28th April 1848. Six monthslater the composer conducted a concert performance ofthe Finale of the First Act.Lohengrin was the last opera in which the composercould bring himself to make use of the moreconventional operatic expression; the stage is alive withcrowded scenes and awkward-looking trumpet-players,the chorus contributes much onlooker's comment, andthere are occasional ensembles for solo voices. Theopera was conceived as a drama in historical termsbetween Christianity and Paganism. Lohengrinrepresents the former, Ortrud (Wagner's own creation)and her husband Telramund the latter. Heinrich is thehistorical Henry the Fowler, King of Saxony andchampion of German unity against the invadingHungarians. Elsa of Brabant is accused of the abductionand murder of her brother Gottfried, heir to the BrabantKingdom. Her defender, a mysterious Knight, arrives inthe swan-drawn boat, defeats her accuser Telramund,egged on by Ortrud, and claims Elsa as his bride. Shemust not ask him to reveal his identity. The villainousOrtrud is determined to find the name of Elsa's husbandand demands she ask the forbidden question. Havingslain Telramund in self-defence, the Knight announceshe is Lohengrin, the son of Parsifal, a Knight of theHoly Grail at Montsalvat in Spain. At the end the swan,which had been transformed by Ortrud's witchcraft, isrestored as Gottfried.Wagner's part in the Dresden revolt of 1849obliged him to flee the Saxon state. Furthermore, theintended premi?xe2?xbfre was removed from the schedule ofthe Court Opera. At the composer's request, Lohengrinwas first produced at the Court Theatre in Weimar on28th August 1850 under the direction of Liszt, whileWagner had taken refuge in Switzerland. The orchestracomprised 38 players, and the initial reception wasmuted, with the opera not taken up elsewhere. It waseventually given in Vienna in 1861, and later seen inLondon, Milan and St Petersburg. Thereafter it hasremained among the composer's most performedworks.Lohengrin has been popular with film-mak
Prelude
Euch Luften, Die Mein Klagen
Prelude
Hort! Grafen, Edle, Freie von Barabant!
Wer ruft? Wie schauerlich und Klagend
Treulich Gefuhrt Ziehet Dahin
Dank, Konig, Dir, Dass Du Zu Richten Kamst!
Entweihte Gotter! Helft jetz meiner Rache!
Das susse Lied verhallt; wir sind allein
Seht Hin! Sie Naht, Die Hart Beklagte!
Wie Kann Ich Solche Huld Dir Lohnen
Atmest Du Nicht Mit Mir Die Sussen Dufte?
Einsam in Trxc3xbcben Tagen
In Fruh'n Versammelt Uns Der Ruf
Hochstes Vertraum hast du mir schon zu danken
Wer hier in Gotteskampfe zu streiten kam
Des Konigs Wort Und Will' Tu' Ich Euch Kund
Weh, Nun Ist All Unser Gluck Dahin!
Nun Sei Bedankt, Mein Lieber Schwan!
Gesegnet Soll Sie Schreiten
Heil, Konig Heinrich!
Zum Kampf Fur Eine Magd Zu Steh'n
Zuruck Elsa! Nicht langer will ich dulden
Macht Platz Dem Helden Von Brabant!
Nun Hort! Euch, Volk Und Edlen
Heil! Heil Dem Konig!
In Fernem Land, Unnahbar Euren Schritten
Nun Horet Mich Und Achtet Wohl
O Konig! Trugbetorte Fursten! Haltet ein!
Mir schwankt der Boden! Welche Nacht!
Durch Gottes Sieg Ist Jetzt Dein Leben Mein
Welch ein Geheimnis muss der Held bewahren?
Mein Lieber Schwan!
Erhebe Dich, Genossin Meiner Schmach!
Mein Held, Entgegne Kuhn Dem Ungetreuen!
Fahr' heim! Du stozler Helde!
Was macht dich in so wilder Klage doch vergeh'n?
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