Ortrud and Telramund want to seize power – they have to destroy Elsa first. She is saved by Lohengrin, who prohibits her from asking his name. Elsa, however, cannot resist and asks him anyway. Lohengrin must then go, but he leaves behind Elsa’s young brother, who was presumed dead. King Ludwig II’s favourite opera.
Romantic opera in three acts by Richard Wagner
Running time 4 hours 30 minutes
Premiere 21 Sep 1983
Musical Director: Christian Thielemann
Staging: Christine Mielitz
Set Design and Costume Design: Peter Heilein
Lighting Design: Friedewalt Degen
Choir: Pablo Assante
Heinrich der Vogler: Kwangchul Youn
Lohengrin: Robert Dean Smith
Elsa von Brabant: Soile Isokoski
Friedrich von Telramand: Wolfgang Koch
Ortrud: Evelyn Herlitzius
Heerrufer des Königs: Detlef Roth
Erster Edler: Tom Martinsen
Zweiter Edler: Simeon Esper
Dritter Edler: Matthias Henneberg
Vierter Edler: Peter Lobert
Edelknabe 1: Gabriele Berke
Edelknabe 2: Yvonne Reuter
Edelknabe 3: Cornelia Butz
Edelknabe 4: Masako Furuta
Saxon State Oper Choir
Men of Sinfoniechores Dresden e.V.
Staatskapelle Dresden
