United States / Jan 10, 1986
3h 43min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| John Gilmore | Second noble |
| John Darrenkamp | Third noble |
| Richard Vernon | Fourth noble |
| Christian Collins | Gottfried |
| MET Orchestra |
Genres
Music
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Lohengrin |
| Original language | Deutsch (DE) |
| Spoken languages | Deutsch |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | The Metropolitan Opera |
| Official site | metopera.org |
| Release date | 10 gennaio 1986 |
| Executive producer | Michael Bronson |
| Production | Samuel Paul |
| Writer | Richard Wagner |
| Assistant directors | Brian Large, August Everding |
| Lighting | Gil Wechsler |
| Production design | Ming Cho Lee |
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| Art direction | Ming Cho Lee |
| Set decoration | Ming Cho Lee |
| Music | Richard Wagner, James Levine, Jay David Saks |
| Sound | James Levine, Jay David Saks, Richard Wagner |
| Costume design | Peter J. Hall, Victor Callegari, Nina Lawson |
| Makeup | Victor Callegari, Peter J. Hall, Nina Lawson |
| Hairstyling | Peter J. Hall, Victor Callegari, Nina Lawson |
Release dates
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