The read
It runs long at 3h 43m.
Synopsis
Wagner’s Romantic opera demands singing actors who can truly inhabit their parts, and that’s just what we have here. Is it possible for a Knight of the Holy Grail to look more enticing than Peter Hofmann? No wonder Elsa (Eva Marton) falls in love at first sight. Marton’s heroine is innocent, but she is also a passionate, real-life young woman—which is good, because Leonie Rysanek is positively demented as Ortrud, the sorceress who accuses Elsa and Lohengrin of using magic. With James Levine’s superb conducting, the orchestra and chorus are similarly magical.
Ratings
TMDB8/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Brian LargeDirector
- Richard WagnerWriter
- Richard WagnerOriginal Music Composer
- August EverdingDirector
Cast
- Peter HofmannLohengrin
- Éva MartonElsa
- Leonie RysanekOrtrud
- Leif RoarTelramund
- Anthony RaffellThe King's Herald
- John MacurdyKing Henry
- Charles AnthonyFirst noble
- John GilmoreSecond noble
- John DarrenkampThird noble
- Richard VernonFourth noble
- Christian CollinsGottfried
- James LevineSelf - Conductor
Stills
Themes
operaopera live performancethe metropolitan opera