Lohengrin
Opéra Bastille
19h
Dress Cocktail attire
Accused of killing her brother, the heir to the Duchy of Brabant, Elsa asks to be defended by the man she has seen in her dreams. When he appears, led by a swan, he accepts on condition that she never asks him his name. Richard Wagner was 37 years old when he wrote his romantic opera Lohengrin with its compelling score. Writing not only the music but also the libretto (inspired by Germanic legends), he laid the foundations for his “music drama”, to which a prelude, leitmotivs and an extensive orchestra and choruses also contributed. Director Kirill Serebrennikov, known for his striking creations, makes his Paris Opera debut with this work, upon which his reflection on war as a machine for crushing bodies and souls sheds a sombre light.
Lohengrin
Production 2023
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Music
Richard Wagner
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ConductorAlexander Soddy
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Chorus masterChing-Lien Wu
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Libretto
Richard Wagner
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Director, set and costume design
Kirill Serebrennikov
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Set design
Olga Pavluk
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Costume design
Tatiana Dolmatovskaya
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Lighting design
Franck Evin
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Video
Alan Mandelshtam
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Choreography
Evgeny Kulagin
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Dramaturgy
Daniil Orlov
Cast
Youn
Heinrich der Vogler
Vogt
Lohengrin
Wallace
Elsa von Brabant
Koch
Friedrich von Telramund
Stemme
Ortrud
Shenyang
Der Heerrufer des Königs
Arrieta
Vier Brabantische Edle
Baek
Joguet
Bernard
Escalier
Vier Edelknaben
El-Amiouni
Bibas
Arita
Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus
With the exceptional support of: Aline Foriel-Destezet, Élisabeth et Bertrand Meunier, Étienne Binant and Sébastien Grandin