Name: Lohengrin
Start: 2009-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2009-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Nationaltheater

Organization

Munich Opera Festival

Bass

Christof Fischesser

Henry the Fowler

Tenor

Jonas Kaufmann

Lohengrin

Soprano

Anja Harteros

Elsa of Brabant

Baritone

Wolfgang Koch

Fredrick of Telramund

Mezzo-soprano

Michaela Schuster

Ortrud

Bass (+1)

Yevgeny Nikitin

The king's herald

Conductor

Kent Nagano

Stage director

Richard Jones

Set designer

Ultz

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Mimi Jordan Sherin

Chorus master

Andrés Máspero

Bavarian State Opera

Orchestra

Bavarian State Orchestra

Others

Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus

Nationaltheater

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Munich

Germany

"The Munich National Theater was filled with pure, exquisite Wagnerian vocal bliss; the Bavarian State Opera became a Valhalla on earth" (Die Welt).

With Jonas Kaufmann's long-awaited role debut as Lohengrin and Anja Harteros as Elsa, Wagner's epic of love and loss was not only the opening premiere of the Munich Opera Festival, but also its undisputed highlight. That's why the performance was not only followed by a long sold-out house, but also by tens of thousands of spectators at a live public viewing event in Munich and Vienna.

Under General Music Director Kent Nagano, the ensemble of the Munich Opera triumphantly confirmed that with this production at the latest it belongs to the pantheon of the great Wagner houses of our time. Tenor Jonas Kaufmann, who drew the public's attention with every note, particularly in the incredible pianissimi of The Grail Narrative, eloquently proved his reputation as "one of the most important and versatile singers of our time" (The Times). Matching Kaufmann's consummate artistry is Anja Harteros, an imposing, charismatic beauty who has been at home on the world's biggest stages since her spectacular Met debut. The renowned director Richard Jones also gives "every character the necessary psychological depth" (La Libre Belgique).

Lohengrin Wagner,Richard

Opera

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