Klaus Florian Vogt a Lohengrin for the ages in Bayreuth

By Ako Imamura, 07 August 2014

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Reviewed at Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Bayreuth on 6 August 2014

Wagner, Lohengrin

Andris Nelsons, Conductor

Hans Neuenfels, Director

Reinhard von der Thannen, Costume Designer, Set Designer

Edith Haller, Elsa von Brabant

Petra Lang, Ortrud

Klaus Florian Vogt, Lohengrin

Thomas Johannes Mayer, Friedrich von Telramund

Samuel Youn, The King's Herald

Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Heinrich der Vogler

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Bayreuth Festival Chorus

Eberhard Friedrich, Choirmaster / chorus director

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George Jahn, 16th October

Actors double up with singers in Hans Neuenfels' innovative production of Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Vienna.

*****

Oscar Wilde takes centre stage in Staatsoper's Salome

Laura Servidei, 4th December

The Staatsoper revives a confused production by Hans Neuenfels, under the baton of Thomas Guggeis.

***11

Jansons trumps Neuenfels' tame Pique Dame in Salzburg

Mark Pullinger, 10th August

Mariss Jansons and the Vienna Philharmonic do the real storytelling as Hans Neuenfels' staging underwhelms.

***11

Rachvelishvili triumphs as Azucena in Berlin

Laura Servidei, 12th May

In a dated production by Hans Neuenfels, conductor Giacomo Sagripanti leads a musically successful Trovatore, where Angela Meade and Anita Rachvelishvili show their vocal brilliance.

****1

Neuenfels' bloodless Salome in Berlin

Hugo Shirley, 8th March

Hans Neuenfels new Salome proves a strangely non-committal affair at the Staatsoper, but Thomas Guggeis conducts impressively.

***11

A sizzling myth of matricide

Sarah Batschelet, 26th February

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*****

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Ako Imamura

Atsuko (Ako) Imamura is a retired investment banker in New York City. Born in Japan, she trained as cultural anthropologist in the US before turning to ﬁnance. She now spends her time attending opera and classical music concerts in New York and in Europe. Wagner is her favorite opera composer.