Lohengrin (opera) (English Wikipedia)

Wagner had written the Act III tenor monologue In fernem Land (the "Grail Narration") in two parts, however, he asked Liszt to cut the second part from the premiere performance, as he felt Karl Beck could not do it justice and it would result in an anticlimax. That unfortunate circumstance established the tradition of performing only the first part of the Narration.(see Peter Bassett, "An Introduction to Wagner's Lohengrin: A paper given to the Patrons and Friends of Opera Australia", Sydney 2001) Archived 10 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine) In fact, the first time the second part was ever sung at the Bayreuth Festival was by Franz Völker during the lavish 1936 production, which Adolf Hitler personally ordered and took a close interest in, to demonstrate what a connoisseur of Wagner he was. (see Opera-L Archives Archived 20 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine)

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Chrissochoidis, Ilias and Huck, Steffen, "Elsa's reason: on beliefs and motives in Wagner's Lohengrin" Archived 22 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Cambridge Opera Journal, 22/1 (2010), pp. 65–91.

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Nice, muse et miroir d’inspiration musicale (in French) Nice, 6 October 2017

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"Text from Wolfram von Eschenbach: Parzival, book XVI". bibliotheca Augustana. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.

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Gustav Kobbé, The Complete Opera Book (London: Putnam, 1929), p. 117. The first Academy performance was 23 March 1874 with Christina Nilsson, Cary, Italo Campanini and del Puente (ibid.). See "Wagner in the Bowery", Scribner's Monthly Magazine 1871, 214–216; The New York Times, Opera at the Stadt Theater Archived 23 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine, 3 May 1871
The New York Times, "Wagner's Lohengrin" Archived 23 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine, 8 April 1871. See also Opera Gems.com, Lohengrin Archived 15 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine

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Playbill Archived 23 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Austrian National Library

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The New York Times, "Wagner's Lohengrin" Archived 23 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine, 8 April 1871. See also Opera Gems.com, Lohengrin Archived 15 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine

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Wagner had written the Act III tenor monologue In fernem Land (the "Grail Narration") in two parts, however, he asked Liszt to cut the second part from the premiere performance, as he felt Karl Beck could not do it justice and it would result in an anticlimax. That unfortunate circumstance established the tradition of performing only the first part of the Narration.(see Peter Bassett, "An Introduction to Wagner's Lohengrin: A paper given to the Patrons and Friends of Opera Australia", Sydney 2001) Archived 10 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine) In fact, the first time the second part was ever sung at the Bayreuth Festival was by Franz Völker during the lavish 1936 production, which Adolf Hitler personally ordered and took a close interest in, to demonstrate what a connoisseur of Wagner he was. (see Opera-L Archives Archived 20 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine)

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"Text from Wolfram von Eschenbach: Parzival, book XVI". bibliotheca Augustana. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
Holden, Amanda. "Lohengrin". Amanda Holden: Musician and Writer. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
Wagner had written the Act III tenor monologue In fernem Land (the "Grail Narration") in two parts, however, he asked Liszt to cut the second part from the premiere performance, as he felt Karl Beck could not do it justice and it would result in an anticlimax. That unfortunate circumstance established the tradition of performing only the first part of the Narration.(see Peter Bassett, "An Introduction to Wagner's Lohengrin: A paper given to the Patrons and Friends of Opera Australia", Sydney 2001) Archived 10 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine) In fact, the first time the second part was ever sung at the Bayreuth Festival was by Franz Völker during the lavish 1936 production, which Adolf Hitler personally ordered and took a close interest in, to demonstrate what a connoisseur of Wagner he was. (see Opera-L Archives Archived 20 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine)
Playbill Archived 23 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Austrian National Library
Gustav Kobbé, The Complete Opera Book (London: Putnam, 1929), p. 117. The first Academy performance was 23 March 1874 with Christina Nilsson, Cary, Italo Campanini and del Puente (ibid.). See "Wagner in the Bowery", Scribner's Monthly Magazine 1871, 214–216; The New York Times, Opera at the Stadt Theater Archived 23 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine, 3 May 1871
The New York Times, "Wagner's Lohengrin" Archived 23 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine, 8 April 1871. See also Opera Gems.com, Lohengrin Archived 15 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine
Chrissochoidis, Ilias and Huck, Steffen, "Elsa's reason: on beliefs and motives in Wagner's Lohengrin" Archived 22 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Cambridge Opera Journal, 22/1 (2010), pp. 65–91.