Richard Wagner

The Duchy of Brabant in the throes of a dynastic conflict: the succession seems put into question following the disappearance of the crown prince. And: his sister is accused of the crime. The whole realm faces the threat of a civil war. There is great longing for the appearance of a shining knight to rescue the damsel in distress. And then, in this time of uncertainty, a hero really does appear – as if from another world: but who is this grand knight of the swan who presents himself as the rescuer of Else and all of Brabant? What is the nature of the ties that bind him to Eva, so unjustly accused of fratricide? In a time of great revolutionary upheaval in the middle of the 19th century, Wagner wrote his “Lohengrin”, in which for the first time the orchestra emerges as a mysterious factor as well as the engine driving the action of the entire drama.

In German with German surtitles

Casts

Conductor Lothar Koenigs   
Production Richard Jones   
Set and Costumes Ultz   
Lighting Mimi Jordan Sherin   
Dramaturgy Rainer Karlitschek   
Chorus Sören Eckhoff   

Heinrich der Vogler Hans-Peter König   
Lohengrin Klaus Florian Vogt   
Elsa von Brabant Annette Dasch   
Friedrich von Telramund Evgeny Nikitin   
Ortrud Michaela Schuster   
Heerrufer des Königs Markus Eiche   
Brabantische Edle Francesco Petrozzi 3. July 2013  
Joshua Stewart 3. July 2013  
Tim Kuypers 3. July 2013  
Rafał Pawnuk 3. July 2013  
4 Edelknaben Tölzer Knabenchor   

The Bavarian State Orchestra
The Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera