Libretto
Richard Wagner
Premiere
28 August 1850, Weimar (Grand Ducal Court Theatre)
Cast
HEINRICH DER VOGLER (bass)
LOHENGRIN (tenor)
ELSA VON BRABANT (soprano)
DUKE GOTTFRIED (silent)
FRIEDRICH VON TELRAMUND (baritone)
ORTRUD (mezzo-soprano)
KING's HERALD (bass)
4 BRABANTINE NOBLES (2 tenor, 2 bass)
4 PAGES (2 soprano, 2 contralto)
CHORUS
Saxon and Thuringian counts and nobles, Brabantine counts and nobles, noblewomen, pages, vassals, women, servants
Place
Time
First half of the 10th century