Question about Lohengrin

[DaveF]

Can anyone help?  I'm writing programme-notes for a concert featuring orchestral extracts from operas - does anyone know if the Act 3 Prelude in Lohengrin uses music from elsewhere in the opera (and if so, where)?  Just so I can sound as though I know what I'm talking about.  I've listened to Nabucco to track down the themes used in the Sinfonia, and had a wonderful time, but Lohengrin seems like a more daunting challenge.

Thanks in advance.

[(poco) Sforzando]

Can anyone help?  I'm writing programme-notes for a concert featuring orchestral extracts from operas - does anyone know if the Act 3 Prelude in Lohengrin uses music from elsewhere in the opera (and if so, where)?  Just so I can sound as though I know what I'm talking about.  I've listened to Nabucco to track down the themes used in the Sinfonia, and had a wonderful time, but Lohengrin seems like a more daunting challenge.

Thanks in advance.

I do not believe it does.

[DaveF]

Thank you - that's very helpful.  I've had a speed-read through Act 3, on the grounds that it's unlikely to re-use earlier music, and can't find anything similar.

[Wendell_E]

I do not believe it does.

That's mostly true. In the opera, the final bars of the prelude are an introduction to the famous bridal chorus, and contain some music from it, but in concert, that's replaced with a concert ending. I've heard a few different concert endings, one of which included the "Nie sollst du mich befragen" theme first heard in Act I, but others that don't use that theme. I guess Wagner himself didn't provide a concert ending?