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LohengrinNew production

Hungarian State Opera: AuditoriumAndrássy út 22, Budapest, Central Hungary, 1061, Hungary
Dates/times in Budapest time zone
Saturday 15 November 202517:00
Sunday 16 November 202511:00
Tuesday 18 November 202517:00
Thursday 20 November 202517:00
Performers
Hungarian State Opera
Martin RajnaConductor
András Almási-TothDirector
Sebastian HannakSet Designer, Lighting Designer
Krisztina LisztopádCostume Designer
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
Hungarian State Opera Chorus
Eszter LázárMovement
Gábor CsikiChoirmaster / chorus director
Christopher SokolowskiTenorLohengrin
Szabolcs BricknerTenorLohengrin
Judit KutasiMezzo-sopranoOrtrud
Szilvia RálikSopranoOrtrud
Derek WeltonBassHeinrich der Vogler
Péter FriedBassHeinrich der Vogler
Egils SiliņšBaritoneFriedrich von Telramund
Károly SzemerédyBaritoneFriedrich von Telramund
Johanni van OostrumSopranoElsa von Brabant
Klára KolonitsSopranoElsa von Brabant
Kostas SmoriginasBass-baritoneThe King's Herald
Bence PatakiBassThe King's Herald

Had Richard Wagner lived in the 20th century, he might have been one of the most brilliant filmmakers – one might think so based on his opera: Lohengrin, the mysterious knight and guardian of the Holy Grail, arrives in Antwerp disguised, in a boat drawn by a swan, to save the beautiful Elsa accused of murder. On the condition that she is never inquisitive about his identity, Lohengrin marries her. However, after their wedding, the defeated Ortrud’s manipulations fuel Elsa’s curiosity about her husband’s true identity – leading to its eventual revelation. As a result, Lohengrin returns to the temple of the Holy Grail…

Wagner’s cinematic world is not far from the OPERA’s new production of Lohengrin. In András Almási-Tóth’s staging, a setting emerges that begins in 19th-century romanticism and evokes futuristic, steampunk films, highlighting the irreconcilable contrasts between good and evil, dream and reality, and the fundamentally opposing world-views of Lohengrin and society – where emerging victorious, or even happy, is practically impossible.

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