Lohengrin • Richard Wagner • opera • live broadcast • new production
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Directed by Francois Girard
Set and costumes: Tim Yip
Lighting Design: David Finn
Projection design: Peter Flaherty
Estimated duration: 4 hours 35 minutes (including two breaks)
Cast: Tamara Wilson (Elsa), Christine Goerke (Ortrud), Piotr Beczała (Lohengrin), Yevgenij Nikitin (Telramund), Brian Mulligan (Royal Herald), Günther Groissböck (Hindřich Ptáčník)
After seventeen years, Wagner's Lohengrin returns to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in a new and ethereal conception by director François Girard. Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, tenor Piotr Beczała sings the title role of the mysterious swan knight. Soprano Tamara Wilson portrays the virtuous Duchess Elsa, unjustly accused of murder, who bravely defies the scheming witch Ortruda, played by soprano Christine Goerke. Bass-baritone Yevgenij Nikitin is Ortruda's powerful husband Telramund, and bassist Günther Groissböck sings King Henry the Bird.
