What Happens in Lohengrin?
As a student in the early 1970s I was fortunate to work with a young director named Ron Daniels. Ron went on to work for many years at the Royal Shakespeare Company and recently has concentrated on...
View ArticleA Beautifully Sung, Vexingly Staged, Lohengrin
In his informative lecture on Tristan this morning, Juilliard Professor John Muller reminded us of Berlioz’ reaction to the famous Prelude to that work: “I have listened to it with the profoundest...
View ArticleThe Met Historic Collection
Halfway through the collection of “Legendary Performances” released by the Met this year, several surprises came to the fore. One was how poor the chorus at the Met was in the 1940s and 1950s. It was...
View ArticleLohengrin as Nudnik
The production of Lohengrin at the Opéra National de Paris, which I saw in early February, prompts inquiry into the creative process by which theatre artists choose interpretation of classic texts....
View ArticleIntriguing Lohengrin at Covent Garden
The action of Lohengrin is like a set of nesting dolls. As I wrote previously, the overarching action of the play is Henry the Fowler’s effort to persuade the Duchy of Brabant to join with the Saxon...
View ArticleLohengrin in Leipzig
Stage director Patrick Bialdyga, making his debut at Oper Leipzig, has given us a spare and incisive interpretation of Lohengrin that reveals the very essence and soul of the work. In Bialdyga’s...
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