Fact file
Composer | Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) |
Period | Romantic |
Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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MadridBryn Terfel

Wagner, Boito, Weill, Rodgers, Bock
Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real; Josep Caballé-Domenech; Sir Bryn Terfel
BerlinLohengrin

Wagner: Lohengrin
Justin Brown; Kasper Holten; Deutsche Oper Berlin; Donald Runnicles; Steffen Aarfing; Klaus Florian Vogt
PragueLohengrin
Wagner: Lohengrin
Constantin Trinks; Wolfgang Wagner; Prague National Theatre Opera; Thomas Kaiser; Aleš Briscein; Charles Kim
NurembergLohengrinNew production
Wagner: Lohengrin
Joana Mallwitz; David Hermann; Staatstheater Nürnberg; Tarmo Vaask; Chor des Staatstheater Nürnberg; Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg
BayreuthLohengrin
Wagner: Lohengrin
Christian Thielemann; Yuval Sharon; Neo Rauch; Rosa Loy; Reinhard Traub; Bayreuth Festival Chorus
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Swan cruise: Lohengrin at Covent Garden

David Alden’s new production for The Royal Opera, referencing fascist Germany, is drab, but there are musical compensations.
Wolfgang Wagner's swansong: Lohengrin in Prague

Clad in sulphurous yellow with beaded jet shoulder pads she looked well able to vanquish Lohengrin in single combat with the swish of her cloak.
Homoki’s Lohengrin in Lederhosen in Vienna

Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s impressive conducting, Tomasz Konieczny’s tortured Telramund and the Chor der Wiener Staatsoper save this performance of Lohengrin from becoming an ignominious swan song.
Anna Netrebko's dream Elsa in Dresden Lohengrin

Anna Netreboko chose to perform her first Elsa in Dresden with Christian Thielemann conducting. It was a remarkable performance never to be forgotten.
Lohengrin and Elsa build a house in Munich

Robert Dean Smith replacing an ailing tenor as Lohengrin was merely adequate but the rest of the cast and the superb orchestra made the modern production of Lohengrin in Munich memorable.