Gesamtkunstwerk mit Flügeln: Lohengrin bei den Bayreuther Festspielen

Elza van den Heever (Elsa von Brabant)

Piotr Beczała (Lohengrin)

Olafur Sigurdarson (Friedrich von Telramund) und Miina-Liisa Värelä (Ortrud)

Michael Kupfer-Radecky (Der Heerrufer des Königs)

Elza van den Heever (Elsa von Brabant) und Piotr Beczała (Lohengrin)

Piotr Beczała (Lohengrin)

Elza van den Heever (Elsa von Brabant) und Statist der Bayreuther Festspiele (Gottfried)

By Snapdragon, 06 August 2025

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“die Magie des besprochenen Abends wird einen noch lange begleiten”

Reviewed at Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Bayreuth on 4 August 2025

Wagner, Lohengrin

Christian Thielemann, Conductor

Yuval Sharon, Director

Rosa Loy, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Bayreuth Festival Chorus

Neo Rauch, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Mika Kares, Heinrich der Vogler

Piotr Beczała, Lohengrin

Elza van den Heever, Elsa von Brabant

Ólafur Sigurdarson, Friedrich von Telramund

Miina-Liisa Värelä, Ortrud

Michael Kupfer-Radecky, The King's Herald

Martin Koch, 1st Nobleman of Brabant

Ya-Chung Huang, 2nd Nobleman of Brabant

Felix Pacher, 3rd Nobleman of Brabant

Markus Suihkonen, 4th Nobleman of Brabant

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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.