Lohengrin

Production 2023

• Conductor

  Alexander Soddy; Ching-Lien Wu

• Music

  Richard Wagner
  (1813 - 1883)

• Libretto

  Richard Wagner

• Director, set and costume design

  Kirill Serebrennikov

• Set design

  Olga Pavluk

• Costume design

  Tatiana Dolmatovskaya

• Lighting design

  Franck Evin

• Video

  Alan Mandelshtam

• Choreography

  Evgeny Kulagin

• Dramaturgy

  Daniil Orlov

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.

Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus

With the exceptional support of: Aline Foriel-Destezet, Élisabeth et Bertrand Meunier, Étienne Binant and Sébastien Grandin

Lohengrin

Production 2023

• Heinrich der Vogler

  Kwangchul Youn

• Lohengrin

  Piotr Beczala

• Elsa von Brabant

  Sinead Campbell Wallace

• Friedrich von Telramund

  Wolfgang Koch

• Ortrud

  Nina Stemme

• Der Heerrufer des Königs

  Shenyang

• Vier Brabantische Edle

  Bernard Arrieta

• Chae Hoon Baek

• Julien Joguet

• John Bernard

• Vier Edelknaben

  Isabelle Escalier

• Joumana El-Amiouni

• Caroline Bibas

• Yasuko Arita