Name: Lohengrin
Start: 2025-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-04-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Semperoper

Admin

Semperoper Dresden

Conductor

Sebastian Weigle

Stage director

Christine Mielitz

Set designer

Peter Heilein

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Friedewalt Degen

Chorus master

Jan Hoffmann

Dramaturge

Matthias Rank

Singer

Bass

Georg Zeppenfeld

Henry the Fowler

Tenor

Pavol Breslik

Lohengrin

Soprano

Johanni van Oostrum

Elsa of Brabant

Baritone

Markus Marquardt

Fredrick of Telramund

Anja Kampe

Ortrud

Birger Radde

The king's herald

Jongwoo Hong

First nobleman of Brabant

Mario Lerchenberger

Second nobleman of Brabant

Vladyslav Buialskyi

Third nobleman of Brabant

Tilmann Rönnebeck

Fourth nobleman of Brabant

Orchestra

Staatskapelle Dresden

Others

Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden

Extrachor der Semperoper Dresden

Sinfoniechor Dresden

German

Dresden

Germany

Semperoper

Lohengrin: Lohengrin, No. 1 Prelude Act 1 Wagner, S.

Public

Sharan Allad

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

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Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

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Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

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Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Lohengrin Wagner, Richard

»Lohengrin« von Richard Wagner, 1850 in Weimar uraufgeführt, ist auf das engste mit Dresden verbunden: Von der reizvollen Landschaft bei Graupa in der Nähe Dresdens inspiriert, begann Wagner als Königlich-Sächsischer Hofkapellmeister das Werk 1846 und vollendete es 1849 in Dresden. Seit der Dresdner Erstaufführung zehn Jahre später wurde das Werk über 850. Mal an der Semperoper gespielt und gehört in der Inszenierung von Christine Mielitz von 1983 zu den Klassikern im Repertoire des Hauses. Mit klaren Bezügen zum 19. Jahrhundert wie zum Mittelalter erzählt die Regisseurin die Geschichte um Elsa, die unrechtmäßig des Mordes bezichtigt wird und sich hilflos ihren Widersachern am Hofe Brabants ausgesetzt sieht und schließlich vom geheimnisvollen Schwanenritter gerettet wird, als die Tragödie einer Frau, die um Anerkennung aber auch Erkenntnis kämpft. Mit der bitteren Pointe, dass ihr allzu berechtigter Wunsch zu wissen, wem sie ihr Glück zu verdanken hat, zu dessen Zerstörung führt.

Deutsch

Richard Wagner’s »Lohengrin«, which premiered in Weimar in 1850, is closely associated with Dresden: Inspired by the charming landscape around the nearby village of Graupa, Wagner began the opera in 1846 when employed as Kapellmeister to the royal court, completing the work in the Saxon capital in 1849. Since its first performance in Dresden ten years later, the work has been heard over 850 times at the Semperoper. This production from 1983 is a true classic, thrilling audiences year after year. Retaining the work’s roots in both the 19th century and the Middle Ages, director Christine Mielitz tells the story of Elsa, unlawfully accused of murder and at the mercy of her adversaries in the duchy of Brabant, who is rescued by the mysterious Swan Knight. This is a tragic tale of a woman fighting for recognition but also for knowledge. At the end comes the bitter realization that her justifiable wish to know the name of the person to whom she owes her happiness will result in his downfall.

English

Lohengrin by Wagner, Richard, Sun 30 Mar 2025, From (2025/2025), Directed by Christine Mielitz,, Conductor Sebastian Weigle, Semperoper, Dresden, Germany

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