What do we lose when that happens? By Zachary Woolfe There are some 10,000 words in the libretto of Wagner’s “Lohengrin,” which the Metropolitan Opera is presenting in a new production ...

A German tenor, he was admired for his clear, powerful voice and his exceptional stamina during hourslong performances.

Musically, the production is a splendid success; unfortunately, the staging arrived as part-Disney cartoon, part-outer space adventure. Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera The story goes that ...

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as the American tenor luxuriated in the title role of Richard Wagner's "Lohengrin" at the War Memorial Opera House. We knew he was good. I'm not sure we knew he was capable of this. In his debut ...

Wagner's Lohengrin transforms historical events from the tenth century into a mythic romance exploring the limitations of faith and love. At the center is Elsa, the princess of Brabant ...

The Met Live in HD starts at 10 a.m. Saturday and runs almost five hours. Richard Wagner’s “Lohengrin,” that devilishly long story about a handsome knight who saves a damsel in distress ...

Oh, at the opera’s end, Wagner offers the lame excuse for Lohengrin’s insistence on anonymity by having him reveal that he is a knight of the Holy Grail. As such, says Lohengrin, he must always remain ...

“Lohengrin” is the Met’s most-seen Wagner opera with 717 performances. A minimalist staging by Robert Wilson featuring bars of light premiered in 1998 and replaced an August Everding version ...

who has staged Wagner twice before at the Met: a handsomely dystopian “Parsifal,” in 2013, and a messily dystopian “Flying Dutchman,” in 2020. “Lohengrin” extends the theme ...