Heliane

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Heliane is the enigmatic and spiritually radiant heroine of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s opera *Das Wunder der Heliane*, whose purity and inner conflict drive the work’s intense emotional drama.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
opera character
protagonist
appearsIn Das Wunder der Heliane NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre opera
associatedTheme inner conflict
love
purity
sacrifice
spiritual transcendence
associatedWithCharacter the Ruler NERFINISHED
the Stranger NERFINISHED
composerOfWorkFeaturingCharacter Erich Wolfgang Korngold NERFINISHED
conflictType personal desire vs. marital duty
spiritual vs. earthly authority
creator Erich Wolfgang Korngold NERFINISHED
dramaticArc accused of infidelity
performs miracle of resurrection
subjected to trial
dramaticStyle intense emotional expressionism
drives emotional drama of Das Wunder der Heliane
gender female
hasCharacteristic enigmatic
internally conflicted
pure
spiritually radiant
hasCultFollowing yes
hasRoleInWork heroine
languageOfWork German
moralStatusInPlot innocent
narrativeFunction central figure of redemption
focus of spiritual conflict
nationalTraditionOfWork Austro-German late Romantic opera
notableAria Ich ging zu ihm
notableScene final transfiguration scene
trial scene
operaActCount three acts
receptionHistoryAspect role noted for extreme vocal and emotional demands
relationship wife of the Ruler
settingOfCharacter unnamed totalitarian state
symbolizes divine grace
inner spiritual light
mercy
timePeriodOfWork early 20th century modernism
vocalType soprano
workPremiereYear 1927

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