Organization

Admin

Shanghai Opera House

Bayerische Staatsoper

Dirigent

Dirigent (+1)

Sebastian Weigle

Regisseur

Regisseur (+4)

Kornél Mundruczó

Set designer

Set designer (+2)

Monika Pormale

Kostuum ontwerper

Anna Axer Fijalkowska

Licht ontwerper

Felice Ross

Dramaturg

Dramaturg (+1)

Malte Krasting

Kata Wéber

Koor meester

Koor meester (+1)

Christoph Heil

Bas (+4)

René Pape

Heinrich der Vogler

Tenor (+4)

Piotr Beczała

Lohengrin

Sopraan (+2)

Rachel Willis-Sørensen

Elsa von Brabant

Bariton (+2)

Wolfgang Koch

Friedrich von Telramund

Anja Kampe

Ortrud

Tenor (+2)

Granit Musliu

Erster brabantischer Edler

Orchestra

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Chorus

Bayerischer Staatsopernchor

Münchner Opernfestspiele

Zachary Rioux

Vierter brabantischer Edler

Joel Annmo

Bariton (+3)

Thomas Mole

Bas (+5)

Paweł Horodyski

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.

Duits

München

Duitsland