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Opera

Lohengrin
Richard Wagner

Presentation
Opera

‘In reality, this Lohengrin is an entirely new phenomenon for the modern consciousness!’ Richard Wagner himself understood the innovative character of his sixth piece of music theatre, completed in 1848, the year of revolutions. Although it is reckoned among his ‘romantic operas’, his new vision of musical drama is already clearly heralded in this work. In his hands, the mediaeval saga of the Knight of the Swan becomes a meditation on the true love that asks no questions. Alain Altinoglu, our Music Director, who has already conducted this work in Bayreuth, guarantees the quality of the music, while the director Olivier Py, known at La Monnaie for his brilliant productions of Les Huguenots and Hamlet, can be relied on not to downplay Wagner’s revolutionary political side. Wagner’s own opinion was that ‘one can only understand Lohengrin if one can liberate oneself from any modern-looking, generalising form of representation so as to see the phenomena of real life’. A challenge to us all?

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Dates & tickets

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Location

La Monnaie

Running time

4 hours 30 min. (with two intervals)

Language

Sung in German
Surtitles in Dutch and French

Presentation

Pre-performance talks 30' before the start of the performances

Prices

Ticket prices from € 10 to € 159
-30 years old: € 10 / € 50
-15 years old: € 10 / € 25

Streaming

broadcast on Klara & Musiq3
26.05.2018

live on ARTE Concert
26.04.2018

streaming on
www.lamonnaie.be/en/streaming
22.05 > 11.06.2018

New production

« Conclusion : que du bonheur. Courez ! Si vous aimez la musique de Wagner... et la polémique ! »
— Christian Jade (RTBF) ★★★★

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Gallery

Gallery

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Olivier Py, Alain Badiou & Peter De Graeve sur Lohengrin by La Monnaie De Munt
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Dates & tickets

Dates

Cast
Cast

ConductorALAIN ALTINOGLU
DirectorOLIVIER PY

Set design and costumesPIERRE-ANDRÉ WEITZ
LightingBERTRAND KILLY
Chorus masterMARTINO FAGGIANI

Heinrich der VoglerGABOR BRETZ
LohengrinERIC CUTLER
BRYAN REGISTER (20, 24 & 27.04, 02 & 06.05.2017)
Elsa von BrabantINGELA BRIMBERG
MEAGAN MILLER (20, 24 & 27.04, 02 & 06.05.2017)
Friedrich von TelramundANDREW FOSTER-WILLIAMS
THOMAS JESATKO (20, 24 & 27.04, 02 & 06.05.2017)
OrtrudELENA PANKRATOVA
SABINE HOGREFE (20, 24 & 27.04, 02 & 06.05.2017)
HeerruferWERNER VAN MECHELEN
Vier Brabantische EdleZENO POPESCU
WILLEM VAN DER HEYDEN
KURT GYSEN
BERTRAND DUBY
EdelknabenRAPHAËLE GREEN
ISABELLE JACQUES
VIRGINIE LÉONARD
LISA WILLEMS

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

ProductionLA MONNAIE / DE MUNT
Co-productionOPERA AUSTRALIA, THÉÂTRE DU CAPITOLE (TOULOUSE)

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