Wagner’s Lohengrin—NEW PRODUCTION
Richard Wagner’s dreamy opera, Lohengrin, finds its way back to the Metropolitan Opera after a 17-year absence. Catch it in HD at Newport Performing Arts Center on Saturday, March 25th, at 10:00 am.
Lohengrin’s score includes some of the most recognizable music ever composed, including the famous Act III Bridal Chorus, better known today as “Here Comes the Bride.” This new production features star tenor Piotr Beczała, whose previous Live in HD highlights include Giordano’s Fedora (2022), Verdi’s Rigoletto (2022, 2013), Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur (2019), and Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin (2013). Renowned director François Girard is setting the production as a kind of sequel to his acclaimed 2013 production of Wagner’s Parsifal, with set and costume design by Tim Yip—the Academy Award–winning production and costume designer behind Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
“Tremendous … ★★★★★ … Full of thrilling moments … Outstanding singing and indelible images … Tenor Piotr Beczała was Lohengrin … His voice has a natural warmth … and plenty of projection and stamina … Soprano Tamara Wilson captured Elsa’s naive sincerity … Christine Goerke is perhaps the great contemporary Wagnerian soprano, and she was exciting to hear throughout … Oscar-winner Tim Yip’s set designs are stunning.” —FINANCIAL TIMES
“Beczała’s delivery was dramatic, eloquent and, most of all, humane … Wilson’s ample soprano alternated effectively between innocent spaciness, steely resolve, and moments of radiance … The biggest, plushest voice onstage belonged to Goerke, who turned Ortrud’s poisonous manipulations into the opera’s main event … Powerful turns.” —THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
“Beczała sings with uncanny serenity and command in the title role … A shining musical performance … Beczała performs with total security and elegance … The Met’s chorus, in one of the most difficult works in its repertory, was both stentorian and evocative … Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts this grand score with a sure sense for the elasticity of pace that makes Wagner’s scenes breathe … Superb singers.” —THE NEW YORK TIMES (Critic’s Pick)
The production is sung in the original German, with subtitles, and will be recorded live from the Met stage one week before the HD screening in the Alice Silverman Theatre at the PAC. Run time is approximately 4 hours 45 mins, with two intermissions to include exclusive behind-the-scenes content and cast interviews led by host Christopher Maltman.
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While you’re at the PAC, don’t forget to join the conversation!
Through May of 2023, we’re measuring the impact of non-profit arts and cultural institutions in Lincoln County, as part of Americans for the Arts’ Arts & Economic Prosperity Study 6—the nation’s largest, most comprehensive study of the Arts & Culture sector…and you can help! When you attend this event, please complete an “AEP6” survey before you leave the building (and every time you attend an event or exhibit at the PAC). 3 minutes, 13 questions, totally anonymous. Look for the iPads located in the lobby, or ask an usher for a paper copy.
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