Lohengrin premieres at Weimar under Liszt while Wagner is in exile, a public score he wrote but did not conduct
The 28 August 1850 Weimar Lohengrin is the dated public score-night. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.
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The 28 August 1850 Weimar Lohengrin is the dated public score-night. Richard Wagner’s documented role is: He composed the opera. Liszt conducted the Weimar premiere. Exile prevented Wagner’s presence. Shared. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear. Richard Wagner's documented role is: He composed the opera. Liszt conducted the Weimar premiere. Exile prevented Wagner’s presence. Shared.
Context
Weimar court theatre. Wagner is a wanted man after 1849. Liszt is the on-site advocate. Named others on the file: Franz Liszt as conductor; Weimar company. The public setting is the file around 1850-08-28. The instrument stays Lohengrin premieres at Weimar under Liszt while Wagner is in exile, a public score he wrote but did not conduct. The setting of Lohengrin premieres at Weimar under Liszt while Wagner is in exile, a public score he wrote but did not conduct is the public file around 1850-08-28. Driver edu-digital-learning-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
Why it matters
Exile-score access. Welfare reading improving. The attached mechanism is A public premiere of a new score is an education path even when the composer is absent. Lag to any modern indicator is not treated as zero. This path is attached because the mechanism is named from this act, not because a driver list needed coverage. The welfare reading on this path is improving.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Richard Wagner
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.4 · verified
He composed the opera. Liszt conducted the Weimar premiere. Exile prevented Wagner’s presence. Shared.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactLohengrin premieres at Weimar under Liszt while Wagner is in exile, a public score he wrote but did not conduct
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicators (3)Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 28 August 1850 · verified
A public premiere of a new score is an education path even when the composer is absent.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.4)
Observed
70% of 10-year-olds · 70 above the normal line (2022)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 57% of 10-year-olds (2019) and 70% of 10-year-olds (2022).
20192022 Above normal = worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.12 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.35)
Observed
472 PISA score points · 28 below the normal line (2022)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2003–2022: fell from 499 PISA score points to 472 PISA score points.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.1 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.3)
Observed
11% of primary-school-age children · 11 above the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalAbove normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Britannica — LohengrinEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
- 2.Britannica — Richard WagnerEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Britannica’s Lohengrin and life articles independently date the 1850 Weimar premiere under Liszt. Official: Britannica — Lohengrin (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lohengrin-opera-by-Wagner (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent: Britannica — Richard Wagner (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Wagner-German-composer (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). The two URLs are different pages. Where the carrier is a later edition or a received narrative, that limit is stated rather than upgraded to an autograph. Official carrier: Britannica — Lohengrin (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lohengrin-opera-by-Wagner (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Britannica — Richard Wagner (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Wagner-German-composer (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).
He did not conduct the night. Established: a sourced public record of Lohengrin premieres at Weimar under Liszt while Wagner is in exile, a public score he wrote but did not conduct under 1850-08-28.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Lohengrin premieres at Weimar under Liszt while Wagner is in exile, a public score he wrote but did not conduct are separate paths.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Shared responsibility is part of Lohengrin premieres at Weimar under Liszt while Wagner is in exile, a public score he wrote but did not conduct. Naming Richard Wagner does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1850-08-28 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorRichard Wagner
- contributed toFactLohengrin premieres at Weimar under Liszt while Wagner is in exile, a public score he wrote but did not conduct
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
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Factrail. (2026). Lohengrin premieres at Weimar under Liszt while Wagner is in exile, a public score he wrote but did not conduct. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/wag-lohengrin-1850
https://factrail.ai/facts/wag-lohengrin-1850
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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