Bridal Chorus

Wagner’s piece was made popular when it was used as the processional at the wedding of Victoria the Princess Royal to Prince Frederick William of Prussia in 1858.

[1] The chorus is sung in Lohengrin by the women of the wedding party after the ceremony, as they accompany the heroine Elsa to her bridal chamber.

Siegreicher Mut, Minnegewinn eint euch in Treue zum seligsten Paar.

Duftender Raum, zur Liebe geschmückt, nehm' euch nun auf, dem Glanze entrückt.

Siegreicher Mut, Minne so rein eint euch in Treue zum seligsten Paar.

"[2] A pamphlet issued in 2003 by the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said that the "Bridal Chorus" was "not to be used", again because it is a theatrical piece, but also because it is not a processional to the altar in the opera, and because its frequent use in film and television associate it with sentimentality rather than worship.