"In fernem Land" (In a far-off land), from the third act of "Lohengrin", german opera in three acts. Music and text by Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883).

Elsa has broken her promise, asking the forbidden question, so Lohengrin discloses his identity by telling to the King and to the people of Brabant the story of the Holy Grail, on Monsalvat, and reveals himself as a Knight of the Holy Grail and son of King Parsifal sent to protect an unjustly accused woman; the rules of the Holy Grail determine that Knights of the Grail must remain anonymous, retiring from all human sight if their identity is revealed; so the time for his return to Monsalvat has come.

Perfromers: Rudolf Kempe & Wiener Philharmoniker.
Lohengrin: Jess Thomas.

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