(Lohengrin)

Content: Wagner’s Romantic opera demands singing actors who can truly inhabit their parts, and that’s just what we have here. Is it possible for a Knight of the Holy Grail to look more enticing than Peter Hofmann? No wonder Elsa (Eva Marton) falls in love at first sight. Marton’s heroine is innocent, but she is also a passionate, real-life young woman—which is good, because Leonie Rysanek is positively demented as Ortrud, the sorceress who accuses Elsa and Lohengrin of using magic. With James Levine’s superb conducting, the orchestra and chorus are similarly magical.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Music

Runtime:

223 minutes

Year:

1986

Directors:

Brian Large

Production companies:

The Metropolitan Opera

Actors:

Lohengrin

Elsa

Ortrud

Telramund

The King's Herald

Crews:

Conductor

Costume Designer

Lighting Design

Director

Stage Director