Roles
Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, 28 August 1850 (Conductor: Franz Liszt) |
---|---|---|
Lohengrin | tenor | Carl Beck |
Elsa of Brabant | soprano | Rosa von Milde-Agthe |
Ortrud, Telramund's wife | dramatic soprano or mezzo-soprano | Josephine Fastlinger |
Friedrich of Telramund, a Count of Brabant | baritone | Hans von Milde |
Heinrich der Vogler (Henry the Fowler) | bass | Höfer |
The King's Herald | baritone | August Pätsch |
Four Noblemen of Brabant | tenors, basses | |
Four Pages | sopranos, altos | |
Duke Gottfried, Elsa's brother | silent | Hellstedt |
Saxon, Thuringian, and Brabantian counts and nobles, ladies of honor, pages, vassals, serfs |
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