Name: Lohengrin
Start: 2022-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Nationaltheater

Organization

Conductor

François-Xavier Roth

Stage director

Kornél Mundruczó

Set designer

Monika Pormale

Lighting designer

Felice Ross

Dramaturge

Kata Wéber

Malte Krasting

Chorus master

Stellario Fagone

Singer

Tenor

Klaus Florian Vogt

Lohengrin

Bass

Mika Kares

Henry the Fowler

Soprano

Marlis Petersen

Elsa of Brabant

Baritone

Johan Reuter

Fredrick of Telramund

Anja Kampe

Ortrud

Andrè Schuen

The king's herald

Liam Bonthrone

First nobleman of Brabant

Granit Musliu

Second nobleman of Brabant

Gabriel Rollinson

Third nobleman of Brabant

Roman Chabaranok

Fourth nobleman of Brabant

Egils Silins

Ustina Dubitsky

MusAss

Johanni van Oostrum

Costume designer

Anna Fijalkowska

Tilman Michael

Shanghai Opera House

Bayerische Staatsoper

Orchestra

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Others

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

German

Munich

Germany

Nationaltheater

PROGRAM
Lohengrin
'Romantische Oper' in three acts by Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
Libretto by Richard Wanger
First performance in Weimar, Grossherzoliches Hoftheater, August 28, 1850

A new production of Lohengrin comes to the Bayerische Staatsoper, setting of many premieres of Wagner’s works, produced by the celebrated Kornél Mundruczò as part of a long-term collaboration with dramaturge Kata Wéber. A first-class Wagnerian cast contributes to the otherworldly atmosphere of the fabled Middle Ages—from Grammy nominee Mika Kares in the role of the king of Germany to Klaus Florian Vogt as Lohengrin and the elegant Johanni van Oostrum as Elsa. François-Xavier Roth, chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, conducts this magical production, from the arrival of King Henry in Brabant through the grand revelations of the last act, as if in a state of grace.

In this lyric drama Wagner accomplished something that Schumann thought impossible: he put into music, under the guise of an historical drama, a fairy tale with a tragic ending—elements which might seem mutually exclusive. Based on the medieval epic poem written by Wolfram von Eschenbach, Lohengrin takes its name from the Swan Knight, keeper of the Grail and son of the equally famous Parsifal, another Wagnerian character. This almost messianic hero comes to the aid of Elsa of Brabant, falsely accused of fratricide by the power-hungry Friedrich of Telramund and his wife Ortrud. Playing this Macbethian couple, baritone Johan Reuter and soprano Anja Kampe are thematically opposed to the main characters’ purity, demonstrated by the famous chorus of the third act, still played today during wedding ceremonies.

Public

Private

English

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading