Lohengrin - Wagner     New Production!


photos by Felix Sanchez

O'Neill
Pieczonka
Fink
Goerke
Summers
 

Grand Guarantors

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Isenberg
Albert and Anne Chao /
   Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation

Co-production between Houston Grand Opera and Geneva Opera

 

Oct 30 | Nov 13, 2009
Nov 1 | Nov 8 | Nov 15
6:30 PM (early curtain!)
2:00 PM

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Brown Theater
Sung in German with English Supertitles
Performance Timing: 4 hours, 20 minutes, including 2 intermissions

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)

Preview this season's operas

No time to eat before the show?

Don’t want to stand in line at intermission? Pre-order a delicious,  light Bento Box and it will be waiting for you at the First Intermission at your table on the Bridge in the Grand Foyer. Bento Box meal includes:

Cups of Salads:

Harvest Potato Salad
Ginger Cole Slaw
Fruit Salad

Cold Mini Sliver Dollar Sandwiches:

Grilled Chicken and sun dried tomato relish
Pepper Turkey and a watercress mayo
Tomato and Mozzarella with a fresh Basil Aioli 

Dessert:

Deconstructed Wild Berry Cheese Cake
Mini Pistachio Cannoli’s

Order ahead by calling 713-228-6737 by 12 Noon on Thursday before your performance, or stop by the Aramark café before the performance begins. Cost of Bento Box is $20.00, including tax. Beverage is additional. Available at performances of Lohengrin only.

Simon O'Neill*
Lohengrin

Adrianne Pieczonka*
Elsa of Brabant

Günther Groissböck*
King Henry the Fowler

Richard Paul Fink**
Frederick of Telramund

Christine Goerke
Ortrud

Ryan McKinny**
King's Herald

TBA
Duke Godfrey

Brendan Tuohy***
Noble

Octavio Moreno***
Noble

Michael Sumuel
Noble

Adam Cioffari***
Noble

Houston Grand Opera
Orchestra and
Chorus

Patrick Summers
Conductor

Daniel Slater*
Production Stage Director

Leah Hausman*
Associate Director (Movement)

Robert Innes Hopkins*
Set and Costume Designer

Simon Mills*
Lighting Designer

Brian Byrnes
Fight Director

Richard Bado
Chorus Master

* Houston Grand Opera debut
** Former Houston Grand Opera Studio Artist
*** Houston Grand Opera Studio Artist

 

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