Saturday, 29 September 2007

Katharina Wagner´s Lohengrin

Since most haven´t had the opportunity to actually see Katharina Wagner´s work, below I´ve posted two video clips from her Budapest Lohengrin from 2004. In particular the Final Scene gives a good impression of her style (as I gathered from her Meistersinger which I attended in Bayreuth a month ago).

Warning: Eva Marton is terrible as Ortrud - I´m amazed she´s still singing the part - already when I saw her Ortrud 6 years ago in Hamburg it was obvious that she was way way past her prime...almost as bad as Gwyneth Jones in Paris 1996 (if you don´t believe me check her clips out on youtube).

2nd act 1st scene:



Final scene 3rd act:


Cast: Ortrud: Eva Marton, Elsa: Sümegi Eszter, Lohengrin: Kiss B. Attila, Telramund: Béla Perencz Conductor:Juriz Szimonov. Budapest Opera House 2004
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3 comments:

  1. A.C. Douglas30 September 2007 at 01:55

    Charming.

    Bayreuth is in deep trouble -- or will be come year's end.

    ACD

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  2. Extatic30 September 2007 at 09:36

    I'm all for new and different but I must admit; I don't get it at all.

    In what twisted universe has that anything to do with Lohengrin?

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  3. Anonymous2 October 2007 at 17:21

    Thanks for these video clips. Very interesting.

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