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A matter of faith and doubt: David Alden’s Lohengrin returns to Covent Garden

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“David Alden... zeroes into the philosophical core of the opera”
Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 19 April 2022
Wagner, Lohengrin
The Royal Opera
Jakub Hrůša, Conductor
David Alden, Director
Paul Steinberg, Set Designer
Gideon Davey, Costume Designer
Adam Silverman, Lighting Designer
Brandon Jovanovich, Lohengrin
Jennifer Davis, Elsa von Brabant
Anna Smirnova, Ortrud
Craig Colclough, Friedrich von Telramund
Gábor Bretz, Heinrich der Vogler
Derek Welton, The King's Herald
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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