Lohengrin
‘In reality, this Lohengrin is an entirely new phenomenon for the modern consciousness!’ Richard Wagner himself understood the innovative character of his sixth piece of music theatre, completed in 1848, the year of revolutions. Although it is reckoned among his ‘romantic operas’, his new vision of musical drama is already clearly heralded in this work. In his hands, the mediaeval saga of the Knight of the Swan becomes a meditation on the true love that asks no questions. Alain Altinoglu, our Music Director, who has already conducted this work in Bayreuth, guarantees the quality of the music, while the director Olivier Py, known at La Monnaie for his brilliant productions of Les Huguenots and Hamlet, can be relied on not to downplay Wagner’s revolutionary political side. Wagner’s own opinion was that ‘one can only understand Lohengrin if one can liberate oneself from any modern-looking, generalising form of representation so as to see the phenomena of real life’. A challenge to us all?
Year: 2018
Genre: Music
Studio: De Munt / La Monnaie, Opera Australia, Theatre du capitole
Director: Olivier Py
Cast: Gábor Bretz, Eric Cutler, Ingela Brimberg, Andrew Foster-Williams, Elena Pankratova, Werner Van Mechelen
Crew: Richard Wagner (Original Music Composer), Olivier Py (Director), Pierre-André Weitz (Set Designer), Pierre-André Weitz (Costume Designer), Bertrand Killy (Lighting Design)
Runtime: 217 minutes
Release: Apr 19, 2018
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Country: Belgium
Language: Deutsch
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : opera
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