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Based on the German Arthurian literary character Lohengrin, Richard Wagner's three act Romantic opera concerns the son of Parzival (Percival), a knight of the Holy Grail who sent in a boat pulled by swans to rescue a maiden who can never ask his identity. The story of Lohengrin, which first appears in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, is a version of the Knight of the Swan legend known from a variety of medieval sources.
Adaptations
- Low-end Grin C. B. Hicks , 1877 single work musical theatre burlesque fantasy humour A musical burlesque based on Wagner's opera Lohengrin. It uncertain as to whether or not this production was the Australian premiere.
- Lowengrin in a Nutshell 1878 single work musical theatre burlesque fantasy humour A burlesque of Wagner's opera Lohengrin, Elsa is accused by Count Frederick of having murdered her brother. Her champion, Lohengrin, arrives in a magic boat and defeats Frederick in a boxing match, thus winning Elsa. They are separated, however, and Frederick conspires with the sorceress Ortrud to assassinate Lohengrin using the magic of the future. Frederick is killed (a burlesque of the 'Keeping Scene' in The Shaughraun) but revived. Lohengrin's magic goose turns into Redmond Barry and he departs for Paris with Elsa.
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Lone-Grin
Hiscocks' Federal Minstrels
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F. E. Hiscocks
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F. M. Clark
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1885
single work
musical theatre
burlesque
humour
Although advertised as a burlesque Italian Opera extravaganza ('out-Wagnering Wagner'), there are only minor references to Wagner's Lohengrin (1848) in the cast list. The major characters introduced by Bent are a prima donna, a composer, a stage 'Mis-Manager,' a 'piratical baron,' a village tenor, the 'Count of Clifton Hill,' and a stage assassin (Age 5 December 1885, p.12).
Production Details
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The first production of Lohengrin was at the Staatskapelle Weimar, in Weimar, Germany on 28 August 1850. It was produced under the direction of Franz Liszt.
