Xyphos's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Xyphos2004-08-24T22:06:02ZLohengrin (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/Xyphos/writeups/LohengrinXyphoshttp://m.everything2.com/user/Xyphos2004-08-24T22:06:02Z2004-08-24T22:06:02ZAn opera in three acts, written and composed by <a href="/title/Richard+Wagner">Richard Wagner</a> and dedicated to his friend, <a href="/title/Frans+Liszt">Frans Liszt</a>. It was first produced in 1850 in <a href="/title/Weimar">Weimar</a>, Germany, and later published in 1852. Wagner himself didn't actually hear his own creation until 1861 due to being exiled for his participation in an uprising. Lohengrin was initially very poorly received.
<p>Act I begins in the land of Brabant, where civil strife has torn apart the countryside. A Herald announces the arrival of King Heinrich, who asks Count Friedrich von Telramund, the stand-in ruler of the province, to explain what the turmoil is about. Telramund explains that one of his wards, Gottfried, the heir of Brabant, has disappeared, and that Elsa, Gottfried's sister, is behind it. Telramund accuses Elsa of colluding with a <a href="/title/secret+lover">secret lover</a> to murder Gottfried, and have her lover take his place as the heir. His accusation is at the root of the local turmoil, as roughly half of the local populace sides with Telramund (the Brabants), while the<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…