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Following the “Tannhauser”, it was decided to put the “Lohengrin”. But then a completely unexpected conflict occurred. Ludwig II wanted to replace the performer of the title part. Initially, it was assumed that Wagner’s long-time friend Joseph Tikhachek would sing it, but the king considered that not the sixty-year-old veteran of the scene, but a much younger performer, the rising star of the Munich opera Heinrich Fogl, would look more organically in the form of the radiant Swan Knight. Wagner was doubly wounded: firstly, he believed that no one, not even the king, had the right to interfere in the choice of singers for his operas; secondly, he felt awkward in front of Tikhachek, to whom the party of Lohengrin in the Munich production had already been promised. Extremely annoyed, Wagner immediately left Munich and returned to Tribshen.