Wagner: Lohengrin (2-DVD) – Michael König

Composer: Richard Wagner
Artists: Goran Juric, Michael König, Simone Schneider, Martin Gantner, Okka von der Damerau, Shigeo Ishino, Staatsopernchor Stuttgart, Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Conductor: Cornelius Meister
Director: Árpád Schilling
Format: NTSC
Language: German
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Korean, Japanese
Region: All Regions
Number of Discs: 2
Studio: Bel Air Classiques
DVD Release Date: November 20, 2020
Run Time: 223 minutes

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 lying at the core of Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin.

For his new production at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, Schilling recenters the opera on the expressivity of the direction and strips the stage of all its ornamental or mythological elements. He creates a coming-of-age tale, pervaded by the themes of responsibility and trust, and the relationship between the individual and the collective. This powerful and ambitious proposition is mirrored in Maestro Cornelius Meister’s expressive and philosophical conducting, and in Michaël König, Simone Schneider, Martin Gantner, and Okka von der Damerau’s profound singing.

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