Lohengrin
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.
Top Billed Cast
Peter Hofmann
Lohengrin
Éva Marton
Elsa
Leonie Rysanek
Ortrud
Leif Roar
Telramund
Anthony Raffell
The King's Herald
Featured Crew
James Levine
Conductor
Brian Large
Director
Ming Cho Lee
Set Designer
Peter J. Hall
Costume Designer
August Everding
Stage Director
Gil Wechsler
Lighting Design
Victor Callegari
Makeup Artist
August Everding
Production Director
Nina Lawson
Hairstylist
Michael Bronson
Executive Producer
Jay David Saks
Sound Director
Richard Wagner
Original Music Composer
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