Lohengrin

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Wagner’s Romantic opera demands singing actors who can truly inhabit their parts, and that’s just what we have here. Is it possible for a Knight of the Holy Grail to look more enticing than Peter Hofmann? No wonder Elsa (Eva Marton) falls in love at first sight. Marton’s heroine is innocent, but she is also a passionate, real-life young woman—which is good, because Leonie Rysanek is positively demented as Ortrud, the sorceress who accuses Elsa and Lohengrin of using magic. With James Levine’s superb conducting, the orchestra and chorus are similarly magical.

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Creators

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Brian Large

director

Richard Wagner

writer

Cast

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Peter Hofmann actor

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Éva Marton actor

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Leonie Rysanek actor

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Leif Roar actor

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Anthony Raffell actor

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John Macurdy actor

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Charles Anthony actor

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John Gilmore actor

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John Darrenkamp actor Richard Vernon actor

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Christian Collins actor

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MET Orchestra actor