Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
The three-act opera was first performed at the Deutsches Nationaltheaterin Weimar on 28 August 1850, the last of his major works to premiere before his political exile. Lohengrin was already established as a legendary character before Wagner came to tell his story in opera.
A Knight drawn from the German Arthurian legends, Lohengrin is a Knight of the Holy Grail and the son of the Grail King Parzival, another fabled figure Wagner wrote music for. In the legend, Lohengrin is sent to defend the honour of the Duchess of Brabant. He can protect her but there is a condition: she must never ask him his name nor question anything about his identity.
The idea of this type of Christian, knightly intervention, and the forbidden nature of knowing anything about it appealed to the German composer and he made it the focal point of his operatic interpretation of the tale.
This romantic opera in three acts is sung in German with English Subtitles.
The production features all the iconic elements that make ‘Lohengrin’ so distinctive, from the ‘Bridal Chorus’ in Act Three to the mythical ‘Arrival of the Knight’ in Act One. The staging is fresh, innovative and dazzling. The set design and its structures, with their pure forms that seek the essence of the elements, seem to have sprung from the studio of a genius of design and architecture: Paolo Fantin. This new production, it's not just a new production, it's one of the best ‘Lohengrins’ that has been made in the XXI century.
Cast List:
Lohengrin: Dmitry Korchak
Elsa von Brabant: Jennifer Holloway
Ortrud: Ekaterina Gubanova
Friedrich von Telramund: Tómas Tómasson
Heinrich der Vogler (King Henry): Clive Bayley
Der Heerrufer des Königs (Herald): Andrei Bondarenko
Conductor: Michele Mariotti
Director: Damiano Michieletto
Set Designer: Paolo Fantin
230m including interval
Tickets £17.50
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With the end of the Seasons of the Met and the Royal Opera House, we are delighted to fill the summer gap with three wonderful and varied operas from La Scala, Milan and Rome Opera.
New productions from 2025 of LOHENGRIN , COSI FAN TUTTI and EUGENE ONEGIN are coming to Chichester to delight your ear and eye .
They also come at reduced prices (adult £17.50) with a special offer of £45 for all three Operas. Cheaper for Members!
Save £7.50!
- Roger Gibson
