1) German feminine given name 
Ortrud is a female character from Richard Wagner`s opera Lohengrin (1848). ==Role== ==Music== Ortrud was originally written for a soprano, as stated in the first edition vocal score by Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1852]. Plate 8411. The role was created by the German soprano Josephine Fastlinger. Although this may prove a highlying role for many m....