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Sung in German
One secret protects one great love in Wagner’s mystical romantic opera. Celebrated Wagnerian tenor Simon O’Neill makes his Houston Grand Opera debut as the knight Lohengrin, whose pure love is threatened by common human greed. Canadian soprano Adrianne Pieczonka sings the misguided Elsa, bewitched into betraying the very one she loves. Soprano Christine Goerke is the sorceress Ortrud and Richard Paul Fink plays her husband Frederick of Telramund, who will stop at nothing to gain the throne. Daniel Slater directs this grand-scale production, conducted by HGO Music Director Patrick Summers.
"Visual poetry." - Financial Times
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Lohengrin Synopsis
Colin Ure's Podcast Guide to Lohengrin (mp3)
Lohengrin and Elsa discuss the conditions of their agreement (m4v)
Ortrud and Telramund plot Elsa's demise (m4v)
Elsa calls her hero (m4v)
Lohengrin reveals his idenity (m4v)
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