Organization

Admin

Shanghai Opera House

Bavarian State Opera

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

Sebastian Weigle

Stage director

Stage director (+4)

Kornél Mundruczó

Set designer

Set designer (+2)

Monika Pormale

Costume designer

Anna Axer Fijalkowska

Lighting designer

Felice Ross

Dramaturge

Dramaturge (+1)

Malte Krasting

Kata Wéber

Chorusmaster

Chorusmaster (+1)

Christoph Heil

Bass (+4)

René Pape

Henry the Fowler

Tenor (+4)

Piotr Beczała

Lohengrin

Soprano (+2)

Rachel Willis-Sørensen

Elsa of Brabant

Baritone (+2)

Wolfgang Koch

Fredrick of Telramund

Anja Kampe

Ortrud

Tenor (+2)

Granit Musliu

First nobleman of Brabant

Orchestra

Bavarian State Orchestra

Chorus

Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus

Munich Opera Festival

Zachary Rioux

Fourth nobleman of Brabant

Joel Annmo

Baritone (+3)

Thomas Mole

Bass (+5)

Paweł Horodyski

Nationaltheater Munich

A little boy has disappeared, the heir to the throne of an ancient empire. The sister is accused of his death. Instead of defending herself, she calls on a dream figure to stand by her side. And her knight, he actually comes, wins her cause and her heart. She should never ask who he actually is. Elsa and Lohengrin could now be a happy ruling couple. But the ban on questions contradicts the urge for knowledge, the romantic wonder is opposed by the desire to know, enlightenment is not compatible with blind faith. The doubts that her opponents awaken in Elsa - Ortrud, who adheres to the old gods, and Telramund, who has lost his honor - are sown naturally in every person. In Wagner's music, the seductive and risky aspects of Lohengrin's wish are expressed, as he longs for a love for himself. The new production by Kornél Mundruczó investigates the ambivalent potential that lies in the design of a human being who is superior to the normal and endowed with supernatural powers. For him, Lohengrin is “the most provocative inhumane figure in the entire operatic cosmos.” The action takes place in a posthuman world in which a group of survivors, full of fear and questions, hope for salvation.

German

Munich

Germany