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Review: A Blunt New ‘Lohengrin’ at the Met Stars a Shining Knight

The tenor Piotr Beczala sings with uncanny serenity and command in the title role of Wagner’s opera, directed by François Girard with little subtlety.

By Zachary Woolfe

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A New ‘Lohengrin,’ Threatened by War in Ukraine, Comes to the Met

François Girard’s staging, originally a co-production with the Bolshoi Theater, arrives a year after its Moscow premiere, which coincided with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

By Joshua Barone

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How a Production of Wagner’s ‘Lohengrin’ Changed the Met Opera

Robert Wilson’s staging of Wagner’s “Lohengrin” opened to a wall of boos in 1998. But it brought new theatrical possibilities to the Met.

By Zachary Woolfe

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Wagner’s ‘Lohengrin’ Uses the Word ‘Führer.’ Keep It There.

In some cases, the inflammatory, Nazi-associated term has been changed out of sensitivity. What do we lose when that happens?

By Zachary Woolfe