Poison - Body Talk

In the wake of this success, a decision was made following the Tannhäuser to deliver the Lohengrin. But then a completely unexpected conflict occurred, which entailed another round of cooling in the relations of the composer and the king. Ludwig II single-handedly decided to replace the performer of the main party. Originally it was assumed that a long-time friend of Wagner, Yosef Tihachek, would sing the part of Lohengrin. But it seemed to the king that not the sixty-year-old veteran of the stage, but a much younger performer would look more appropriate in the image of the radiant Swan Knight, and he, without consulting Wagner, insisted on the candidacy of the rising star of the Munich opera Heinrich Vogl. The composer was doubly wounded. First, he believed that no one - not even the king - had the right to interfere in the choice of singers for his operas; secondly, I felt awkward in front of Tikhachek,to which the party of Lohengrin in the Munich production was already promised. Despite the fact that Vogl subsequently fully justified the king's trust and showed himself perfectly in the performance, Wagner, extremely irritated, immediately left Munich and returned to Tribshen.