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Successful experiment: Neuenfels' laboratory Lohengrin impresses at Bayreuth

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“Provocative and thought-provoking, this production afforded both intellectual and auditory pleasures”
Reviewed at Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Bayreuth on 26 July 2015
Wagner, Lohengrin
Alain Altinoglu, Conductor
Hans Neuenfels, Director
Reinhard von der Thannen, Costume Designer, Set Designer
Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Heinrich der Vogler
Klaus Florian Vogt, Lohengrin
Annette Dasch, Elsa von Brabant
Jukka Rasilainen, Friedrich von Telramund
Petra Lang, Ortrud
Samuel Youn, The King's Herald
Stefan Heibach, 1st Nobleman of Brabant
Willem Van der Heyden, 2nd Nobleman of Brabant
Rainer Zaun, 3rd Nobleman of Brabant
Christian Tschelebiew, 4th Nobleman of Brabant
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Bayreuth Festival Chorus
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*****
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***11
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****1
Neuenfels' bloodless Salome in Berlin
***11
A sizzling myth of matricide
*****
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