Lohengrin
Lohengrin is a Romantic opera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
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The story of the eponymous character is taken from medieval German romance, notably the Parzival of Wolfram von Eschenbach, and its sequel Lohengrin, itself inspired by the epic of Garin le Loherain. First performed in Weimar, Germany, on 28 August 1850 at the Staatskapelle Weimar under the direction of Franz Liszt.
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Performance history in South Africa
1913: Presented by the Quinlan Opera Company for the Wagner Festival in both Cape Town and Johannesburg.
1989: Presented by CAPAB Opera (12–30 May)
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohengrin_(opera)
Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.
Hilde Roos. 2012. 'Indigenisation and history: how opera in South Africa became South African opera'. Acta Academica Supplementum. 2012(1).
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