Great Performances

Season 50 Episode 21: Great Performances at the Met: Lohengrin

Back at the Met after 17 years, this production of Wagner’s opera is directed by François Girard with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting. Tenor Piotr Beczała leads the cast in the title role of the mysterious swan knight, with soprano Tamara Wilson as the virtuous duchess Elsa, falsely accused of murder, and soprano Christine Goerke as the cunning sorceress Ortrud. Bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin is Ortrud’s power-hungry husband, Telramund, and bass Günther Groissböck is King Heinrich. Christopher Maltman hosts.

Genre:

Comedy, Documentary, Drama

Seasons:

52

Episodes:

712

Actor:

Bray Poor

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

1971

IMDb:

6.1