Organization

Singer

Bass

Alexey Antonov

Henry the Fowler

Vitaly Efanov

Vladimir Kudashev

Evgeny Stavinsky

Tenor

Khachatur Badalyan

Lohengrin

Veniamin Egorov

Alexander Skvarko

Mikhail Gubsky

John Pierce

Soprano

Galina Badikovskaya

Elsa of Brabant

Natalia Kreslina

Olga Terentieva

Elvira Khokhlova

Marina Nerabeyeva

Baritone

Andjey Beletsky

Fredrick of Telramund

Andrej Breus

Oleg Shagotsky

Anastasia Bibicheva

Ortrud

Elena Svechnikova

Valeria Pfister

Sergey Artamonov

The king's herald

Sergey Tarasov

Mikhail Pervushin

Maxim Ostroukhov

First nobleman of Brabant

Pavel Pfister

Georgy Faradzhev

Second nobleman of Brabant

Yaroslav Abaimov

Anatoly Grigoriev

Third nobleman of Brabant

Alexey Zakatov

Alexander Martynov

Fourth nobleman of Brabant

Andrey Fetisov

Anastasia Belukova

First noble page

Elena Terentieva

Natalia Meteleva

Olga Ionova

Second noble page

Ekaterina Kichigina

Olga Pukhalskaya

Mezzo-soprano

Agunda Kulaeva

Third noble page

Tatyana Tabachuk

Svetlana Kapralova

Fourth noble page

Aleksandra Saulskaya-Shultyaeva

Ekaterina Bolshunova

Stage director

Kasper Holten

Conductor

Jan Latham-Koenig

Valery Kritskov

Evgeny Samoilov

Lighting designer

Jesper Kongshaug

Set designer

Steffen Aarfing

Chorus master

Natalya Popovich

Yulia Senyukova

Vasily Valitov

Costume designer

Natalia Syzdykova

Novaya Opera

German

Moscow

Russia

Novaya Opera Theatre

Lohengrin Wagner,Richard

Public

Private

Russian

Approved

For the first time in the past 70 years, the opera has been staged again on the Moscow stage. The plot of the legend of the mysterious knight of the Holy Grail, Lohengrin, is both romantic and frightening. In the fate of Elsa, unjustly accused of the murder of her missing brother, and a country where chaos reigns, the appearance of Lohengrin plays a decisive role. He saves Elsa and is ready to lead the country on one condition - not to ask about his name and past. The girl breaks her oath by begging her beloved to give her name. Lohengrin reveals the secret, returning her brother to Elsa, but leaves her forever.

One of the leading European conductors, a connoisseur of Wagner's style, who has repeatedly conducted Lohengrin in various theaters of the world, maestro Jan Latham-Koenig, was invited to work on the opera :

Wagner has always been a special composer for me because of the unique musical personality he possessed. Perhaps no other 19th century composer had such an impact on 20th century music as Wagner. Lohengrin is one of Wagner's operas that presents him as a mature master. In it you can observe a very bright musical development. A striking feature of the opera is the place that the choirs occupy in it. This is one of the richest opera choirs. Lohengrin is interesting not only for the musical side, but also for its philosophical and historical aspects. The performance of Wagner's Lohengrin at the New Opera today is a significant cultural event.

The production of Lohengrin was staged by the creative team of the Royal Danish Opera: director Kasper Holten and artist Steffen Aarfing, who successfully embodied Wagner's tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Danish Royal Opera (2003–2006).

K. Holten:

The opera Lohengrin is interesting from two points of view. First, like a love story, where in the center is a woman trying to love a man whom she can never fully understand. Secondly, as a story about a society in crisis and looking for a new way of development. The protagonist, who looks bright and shiny at first, may not be who we think he is. As the plot progresses, we begin to doubt that he is truly a hero.

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