Lohengrin is a romantic opera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner, first performed in 1850. The story of the eponymous character is taken from medieval German romance, notably the ...

Richard Wagner's Lohengrin may be most famous for introducing the tune of "Here Comes The Bride" to the world, but there's much more here in this stirring tale. David Alden's bold production debuted ...

Accused of killing her brother, the heir to the Duchy of Brabant, Elsa asks to be defended by the man she has seen in her dreams. When he appears, led by a swan, he accepts on condition that she never ...

Kornel Mundruczo’s varied career has included the Oscar-nominated movie “Pieces of a Woman,” stage productions across Europe and now, “Lohengrin.” By A.J. Goldmann MUNICH — On a recent morning, the ...

What are heroes made of and why do our societies need them so badly? At the Staatsoper Stuttgart, stage director Árpád Schilling tries to answer this mythological, political and existential question, ...

During a now notorious production of Lohengrin, Vienna’s late, famed Tenor Leo Slezak missed his entrance cue (so the story goes), and the swan appeared onstage alone, drawing an empty skiff. During ...

When this production was new in 2010, Lohengrin was sung by Jonas Kaufmann. Some have regretted his replacement in 2011 by the lighter-voiced Klaus Florian Vogt, but – as recorded here – Vogt has more ...