Bayreuth's Lohengrin lacks electricity

By Zoltán Szabó, 31 July 2019

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“As Lohengrin, Klaus Florian Vogt’s lyrical tenor is effortless and silk-smooth”

Reviewed at Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Bayreuth on 29 July 2019

Wagner, Lohengrin

Christian Thielemann, Conductor

Yuval Sharon, Director

Neo Rauch, Set Designer

Rosa Loy, Costume Designer

Georg Zeppenfeld, Heinrich der Vogler

Klaus Florian Vogt, Lohengrin

Annette Dasch, Elsa von Brabant

Tomasz Konieczny, Friedrich von Telramund

Elena Pankratova, Ortrud

Egils Siliņš, The King's Herald

Michael Gniffke, 1st Nobleman of Brabant

Tansel Akzeybek, 2nd Nobleman of Brabant

Raimund Nolte, 3rd Nobleman of Brabant

Timo Riihonen, 4th Nobleman of Brabant

Reinhard Traub, Lighting Designer

Bayreuth Festival Chorus

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.