Lohengrin

In late 13th-century Germanic legend, a heroic knight, son of Parsifal. Summoned by the Holy Grail to vindicate Elsa of Brabant, Lohengrin is conveyed to the place of combat by a swan-drawn boat, but though he saves Elsa and marries her, he must leave again when she breaks the condition of not asking his name. Richard Wagner based his German opera Lohengrin (1848) on the story.

Lohengrin

Opera by Richard Wagner (libretto by the composer), first produced at the Court Theatre, Weimar, Germany, by Franz Liszt on 28 August 1850. The story tells how Elsa marries the knight Lohengrin but loses him after asking his name and dies of grief when he leaves her.