Lohengrin

Story

Synopsis

‘In reality, this Lohengrin is an entirely new phenomenon for the modern consciousness!’ Richard Wagner himself understood the innovative character of his sixth piece of music theatre, completed in 1848, the year of revolutions. Although it is reckoned among his ‘romantic operas’, his new vision of musical drama is already clearly heralded in this work. In his hands, the mediaeval saga of the Knight of the Swan becomes a meditation on the true love that asks no questions. Alain Altinoglu, our Music Director, who has already conducted this work in Bayreuth, guarantees the quality of the music, while the director Olivier Py, known at La Monnaie for his brilliant productions of Les Huguenots and Hamlet, can be relied on not to downplay Wagner’s revolutionary political side. Wagner’s own opinion was that ‘one can only understand Lohengrin if one can liberate oneself from any modern-looking, generalising form of representation so as to see the phenomena of real life’. A challenge to us all?

Director

Olivier Py

Language

English

Country

Belgium

Release date

19 April 2018

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Gábor Bretz

  Heinrich der Vogler

• 

  Eric Cutler

  Lohengrin

• Ingela Brimberg

  Elsa von Brabant

• Andrew Foster-Williams

  Friedrich von Telramund

• Elena Pankratova

  Ortrud

• Werner Van Mechelen

  Heerrufer