Organization

Stage director

Kornél Mundruczó

Set designer

Monika Pormale

Lighting designer

Felice Ross

Dramaturge

Kata Wéber

Malte Krasting

Singer

Soprano

Anja Kampe

Ortrud

Baritone

Andrè Schuen

The king's herald

Costume designer

Anna Fijalkowska

Tenor

Benjamin Bruns

Lohengrin

Bass

Ryan Speedo Green

Henry the Fowler

Martin Gantner

Fredrick of Telramund

Zachary Rioux

First nobleman of Brabant

Thomas Mole

Third nobleman of Brabant

Shanghai Opera House

Bayerische Staatsoper

Orchestra

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Others

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

Conductor

Sebastian Weigle

Paweł Horodyski

Fourth nobleman of Brabant

Rachel Willis-Sørensen

Elsa of Brabant

Johanni van Oostrum

Assisstant Stage Director

Marcos Darbyshire

Joel Annmo

Second nobleman of Brabant

Chorus master

Christoph Heil

Gearmáinis

Munich

Germany

Nationaltheater

Lohengrin Wagner, Richard

Public

Béarla

Approved

On the 3rd of December we celebrate the premiere of LOHENGRIN by Richard Wagner. Here's a sneak peek! You can get more information about our production, dire...

The Hungarian film and theater director Kornél Mundruczó, whose productions are shown at the world's most important festivals and stages, has also been working in the field of opera for several years. His production of The Makropulos Case (2016) at the Vlaamse Opera was nominated for the International Opera Awards, and last year he premiered Peter Eötvös' opera Sleeplessat the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden. He is also the founder and director of the independent theater company Proton Theater. With his team (including stage designer Monika Pormale and costume designer Ania Axer) he is now making his debut at the Bavarian State Opera. For the first time in an opera production at this house, the musical director is the conductor François-Xavier Roth, who is known for historically informed performance practice as well as for unusual program combinations and is regularly invited by top orchestras. Klaus Florian Vogt sings the title role, Marlis Petersen will be seen as Elsa for the first time.

English

Der ungarische Film- und Theaterregisseur Kornél Mundruczó, dessen Produktionen auf den weltweit bedeutenden Festivals und Bühnen gezeigt werden, arbeitet seit einigen Jahren auch im Opernbereich. Seine Inszenierung von Die Sache Makropulos (2016) an der Vlaamse Opera wurde für die International Opera Awards nominiert, 2020 inszenierte er die Uraufführung von Peter Eötvös’ Oper Sleepless an der Berliner Staatsoper Unter den Linden und im Jahr danach Tannhäuser an der Hamburgischen Staatsoper. Außerdem ist er Gründer und Leiter der unabhängigen Theatergruppe Proton Theater. Gemeinsam mit seinem Team (darunter die Bühnenbildnerin Monika Pormale und die Kostümbildnerin Anna Axer Fijalkowska) gab er mit seiner vieldiskutierten Interpretation von Lohengrin sein Debüt an der Bayerischen Staatsoper.

Deutsch

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Criú

Ensemble

Comhléiritheoir