Lohengrin - Richard Wagner

Sound-become utopia 'A meadow along the banks of the Scheldt near Antwerp': thus describes Richard Wagner the location of his romantic opera Lohengrin. Over the Scheldt comes the Grail knight Lohengrin, son of Parzival, sailing on a swan as magical saviour of the besieged Elsa. In an internally divided country without government she is accused of murdering her brother Gottfried to help a secret love to power. Lohengrin is determined to prove her innocence. Yet she may never ask for his name and identity. Just as in Parsifal Wagner employs an ancient myth to give shape to his vision of humanity and society. Central is the offered possibility of redemption from a 'world of hate and envy' (Wagner) that betrays mankind time and again. What remains is a utopian vision that the composer translates into the ethereal Grail music that surrounds Lohengrin. The concert performance of Lohengrin at OBV invites you to become completely immersed in the sonic magic of Wagner's incomparable score.