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Lohengrin - libretto only - English & German - English National Opera 47

Lohengrin - libretto only - English & German - English National Opera 47 $22.99

Richard Wagner

Published by John Calder Publications

English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera, providing stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original

The legend of the Swan Knight who rescues a princess from the forces of pagan evil is one of Christian Europe's foundation myths

Lohengrin transformed Wagner into an international figure almost overnight, and it remained his most popular work throughout the nineteenth century

Thomas Grey proposes that this was because it offered a "cautious taste" of his later works, while preserving some of the familiar traditions of French grand opera

John Deathridge asks why Wagner denied its Christian symbolism, and Janet Nelson argues that his vision of the Christian Middle Ages prefigured a modern historical approach

This English translation is by Amanda Holden

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