LOHENGRIN

In the organizer's words:

Composer Richard Wagner. Libretto by Richard Wagner.

Recommended for ages 15 and up

Romantic opera in three acts (1850)

A co-production with the Shanghai Opera House

In German language. With surtitles in German and English. New production.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

A young boy has disappeared, the heir to the throne of an ancient empire. His sister is accused of his death. Instead of defending herself, she calls upon a dream figure to stand by her side. And her knight, who actually arrives, wins her cause and her heart. But she is never asked who he actually is. Elsa and Lohengrin could now be a happy ruling couple. But the ban on questions stands in the way of the urge to know, the romantic wonder is opposed by the desire to know, enlightenment is not compatible with blind faith. The doubts that her adversaries awaken in Elsa - Ortrud, who clings to the old gods, and Telramund, who has lost his honor - are inherently sown in every human being. Wagner's music expresses the seductive and risky nature of Lohengrin's desire, who longs for love for its own sake. Kornél Mundruczó's new production explores the ambivalent potential that lies in the design of a man who is superior to the normal and endowed with supernatural powers. For him, Lohengrin is "the most provocative inhuman figure in the entire operatic cosmos". The action takes place in a post-human world in which a group of survivors full of fear and questions hope for redemption.

Price information:

€ 193 / 168 / 142 / 117 / 90 / 64 / 16 / 14