Lohengrin

Richard Wagner

March 18, 2023

This event occurred as part of the 22/23 Arts On Screen season. This is an archived view.

A thrilling new production tells the story of the mysterious swan knight.

22/23 Arts On Screen

Wagner's soaring masterpiece makes its triumphant return to the Met stage after 17 years. In a sequel to his revelatory production of Parsifal, director François Girard unveils an atmospheric staging that once again weds his striking visual style and keen dramatic insight to Wagner's breathtaking music, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct a supreme cast led by tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role of the mysterious swan knight. Soprano Tamara Wilson is the virtuous duchess Elsa, falsely accused of murder, going head-to-head with soprano Christine Goerke as the cunning sorceress Ortrud, who seeks to lay her low. Bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin is Ortrud's power-hungry husband, Telramund, and bass Günther Groissböck is King Heinrich.

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Program

The Project

The Hopkins Center for the arts
at Dartmouth

presents

Metropolitan Opera in HD

Lohengrin
Richard Wagner

Saturday, March 18, 12 pm • Loew Auditorium • Dartmouth College • 2023

Free tickets for Dartmouth students to attend The Met: Live in HD are supported by a gift from Cynthia and Jeffrey Manocherian P’15, ’18

Lohengrin
Richard Wagner

Duration: 4 hours, 45 minutes including intermissions

(Cast in order of vocal appearance)

Elsa: Tamara Wilson
Ortrud: Christine Goerke
Lohengrin: Piotr Beczała
Telramund: Evgeny Nikitin
Herald: Brian Mulligan
Heinrich: Günther Groissböck

Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production: François Girard
Set and Costume Designer: Tim Yip
Lighting Designer: David Finn
Projection Designer: Peter Flaherty
Choreographer: Serge Bennathan
Dramaturg: Serge Lamothe
Live in HD Director: Gary Halvorson
Live in HD Host: Christopher Maltman

Synopsis

ACT I
King Heinrich asks Count Telramund to explain why the Duchy of Brabant is torn by strife. Telramund accuses Elsa of having murdered her brother, Gottfried. She relates a dream of a knight in shining armor who will come to save her. The herald calls for the defender, and finally a mysterious knight appears. He pledges his troth to her on condition that she never ask his name or origin. Defeating Telramund in combat, the newcomer establishes the innocence of his bride.

Intermission (35 Minutes)

ACT II
Ortrud and Telramund swear vengeance. Ortrud attempts to sow distrust in Elsa’s mind. While the victorious knight is proclaimed guardian of Brabant, the banned Telramund furtively enlists four noblemen to side with him against his rival. At the cathedral entrance, Ortrud and Telramund attempt to stop the wedding. Though troubled by doubt, Elsa reiterates her faith in the knight before they enter the church.

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