Brangäne

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Brangäne is a loyal confidante and maid to Isolde in Richard Wagner’s opera "Tristan und Isolde," known for her protective role and the fateful substitution of a love potion.

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Label Occurrences
Brangäne canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
mezzo-soprano role ⓘ
opera character ⓘ
appearsIn Tristan und Isolde ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Isolde ⓘ
King Marke ⓘ
Tristan ⓘ
characterTrait loyal ⓘ
protective ⓘ
createdBy Richard Wagner ⓘ
createdInCountry Germany ⓘ
dramaticFunction moral counterweight to the lovers ⓘ
voice of caution ⓘ
firstPerformanceIn 1865 ⓘ
firstPerformedAt Nationaltheater München ⓘ
firstPerformedInWork world premiere of Tristan und Isolde ⓘ
genreOfWork music drama ⓘ
hasAria “Einsam wachend in der Nacht” ⓘ
hasRelationshipToIsolde confidante ⓘ
servant ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
notableAction prevents Isolde and Tristan from drinking the death potion ⓘ
substitutes a love potion with another potion ⓘ
operaActAppearance Act I of Tristan und Isolde ⓘ
linked to: Tristan und Isolde

Act II of Tristan und Isolde ⓘ
linked to: Tristan und Isolde

Act III of Tristan und Isolde ⓘ
linked to: Tristan und Isolde
operaComposerNationality German ⓘ
partOf the court of King Marke ⓘ
roleInWork loyal confidante of Isolde ⓘ
maid to Isolde ⓘ
sceneType offstage watch scene in Act II ⓘ
settingOfWork legendary Cornwall and Brittany ⓘ
sourceTradition Tristan and Iseult legend ⓘ
linked to: Béroul’s Tristan
typicalCasting dramatic mezzo-soprano ⓘ
voiceType mezzo-soprano ⓘ
warns Isolde ⓘ
Tristan ⓘ
workForm character in a three-act opera ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tristan und Isolde → character → Brangäne ⓘ