The Metropolitan Opera: LohengrinMovie
Wagner’s soaring masterpiece makes its triumphant return to the Met stage after 17 years. In a sequel to his revelatory production of Parsifal, director François Girard unveils an atmospheric staging that once again weds his striking visual style and keen dramatic insight to Wagner’s breathtaking music, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct a supreme cast led by tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role of the mysterious swan knight. Soprano Tamara Wilson is the virtuous duchess Elsa, falsely accused of murder, going head to head with soprano Christine Goerke as the cunning sorceress Ortrud, who seeks to lay her low. Bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin is Ortrud’s power-hungry husband, Telramund, and bass Günther Groissböck is King Heinrich.
About The Metropolitan Opera: Lohengrin
The Metropolitan Opera: Lohengrin is a 2023 music movie directed by François Girard.
The production information lists a runtime of 3h 51m, an original language code of DE.
The credited cast includes Piotr Beczała, Tamara Wilson, Christine Goerke, Evgeny Nikitin. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
