Elsa of Brabant

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Elsa of Brabant is the wrongfully accused noblewoman whose plea for a champion and fateful marriage to the mysterious knight Lohengrin drive the plot of Richard Wagner’s opera "Lohengrin."

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Elsa of Brabant canonical 6
Elsa von Brabant 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
opera character ⓘ
accusedOf murder of her brother Gottfried ⓘ
appearsIn Lohengrin ⓘ
associatedMotif Elsa’s dream motif in the orchestral texture ⓘ
associatedWith Holy Grail knight Lohengrin ⓘ
basedOn medieval Germanic legend ⓘ
causeOfTragedy breaking the taboo against asking Lohengrin's name ⓘ
conditionOfMarriage must never ask Lohengrin his name or origin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Duchy of Brabant ⓘ
creator Richard Wagner ⓘ
dramaticFunction protagonist of Wagner's Lohengrin ⓘ
firstPerformance 1850 ⓘ
firstPerformanceConductor Franz Liszt ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Weimar ⓘ
genre Romantic opera character ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
librettoBy Richard Wagner ⓘ
mainAntagonist Friedrich von Telramund ⓘ
Ortrud ⓘ
maritalStatus married to Lohengrin ⓘ
nationalityInFiction Brabantine ⓘ
notableAria Einsam in trüben Tagen ⓘ
notableEvent marries the mysterious knight Lohengrin ⓘ
pleads for a champion to defend her honor ⓘ
notableRelationship protégé of King Henry the Fowler ⓘ
occupation noblewoman ⓘ
operaActAppearances Act I ⓘ
Act II ⓘ
Act III ⓘ
partOf Swan Knight legend cycle ⓘ
performanceTradition central soprano role in the standard Wagnerian repertoire ⓘ
position Duchess of Brabant ⓘ
roleInPlot her accusation and trial initiate the action of the opera ⓘ
roleInResolution her question about Lohengrin's identity leads to his departure ⓘ
setting Antwerp ⓘ
sibling Gottfried of Brabant ⓘ
spouse Lohengrin ⓘ
stageWorkType music drama ⓘ
theme faith and doubt in marriage ⓘ
trial and vindication ⓘ
timePeriod early Middle Ages ⓘ
voiceType soprano ⓘ
wrongfullyAccused true ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Lohengrin → centralCharacter → Elsa of Brabant ⓘ
Ortrud → associatedWithCharacter → Elsa of Brabant ⓘ
Act I (Lohengrin) → mainCharacter → Elsa of Brabant ⓘ
subject linked to: Act I
Act I (Lohengrin) → introducesCharacter → Elsa of Brabant ⓘ
subject linked to: Act I
Friedrich von Telramund → accuses → Elsa of Brabant ⓘ
Friedrich von Telramund → conflictsWith → Elsa of Brabant ⓘ
Act II (Lohengrin) → featuresCharacter → Elsa von Brabant ⓘ
subject linked to: Act II
linked to: Elsa of Brabant
Act III (Lohengrin) → centralCharacter → Elsa von Brabant ⓘ
subject linked to: Act III
linked to: Elsa of Brabant