Lohengrin mit dem gewissen Etwas an der Wiener Staatsoper

By Snapdragon, 20 January 2020

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“Piotr Beczała bestach mit seinem schmelzenden Timbre”

Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 16 January 2020

Wagner, Lohengrin

Vienna State Opera

Valery Gergiev, Conductor

Andreas Homoki, Director

Wolfgang Gussmann, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Piotr Beczała, Lohengrin

Linda Watson, Ortrud

Ain Anger, Heinrich der Vogler

Egils Siliņš, Friedrich von Telramund

Cornelia Beskow, Elsa von Brabant

Boaz Daniel, The King's Herald

Franck Evin, Lighting Designer

Werner Hintze, Dramaturgy

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

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Snapdragon

Snapdragon is an experienced concert- and opera-goer in Vienna and other music metropoles. Musical emphases include opera (especially Baroque opera) and piano music. As an Austrian native, Snapdragon can’t resist an operetta every now and then.