Lohengrin

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Image courtesy of Gran Teatre del Liceu.

Elsa, accused of killing her brother, the heir to the Duchy of Brabant, in her tribulations, seeks justice and to be defended by a man she has only seen in her dreams. In pursuit of this ideal, against all odds, he appears, guided by a swan, and accepts the challenge, but with the condition that she never asks him about his origin or his name.

Chronologically, Lohengrin lies at the center of Richard Wagner's career, both thematically and artistically. Wagner was 37 years old when he concluded Lohengrin: a romantic opera with highly magnetic music. The libretto, written by Wagner himself, is a personal and romantic re-imagining of a medieval legend.

The monumental masterpiece triumphantly returns to the stage of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in a new production signed by Katharina Wagner (great-granddaughter of the composer and director of the Bayreuth Festival). With this symbolic opera, Katharina Wagner reveals an atmospheric staging, with an engaging visual style, a sharp dramatic vision and a surprising dramaturgical concept.

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