LOHENGRIN
CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA
Lohengrin, Knight of the Holy Grail.
Henry I, King of Germany.
Frederick of Telramund, a noble of Brabant.
The Royal Herald.
Gottfried, Elsa's brother, and mute.
Four nobles of Brabant.
Elsa von Brabant.
Ortrud, wife of Telramund.
Four pages.
Saxons, nobles of Brabant, ladies, and pages.
The story is laid in Antwerp, during the first half of the tenth century.
First production at Weimar, Germany, August 28, 1850.
Composer: Richard Wagner.
ACT I
On a meadow on the banks on the river Scheldt, King Henry and his Saxon nobles were one day assembled in their hall of justice, which in those times was beneath a broad-spreading oak. From another petty German political division had come Frederick of Telramund, with his wife Ortrud. In turn they were surrounded by their own retainers from their province, but all were assembled at King Henry's call to rally in defence of the Kingdom.