Wilson, Tamara

A Tenor’s Secrets to ‘Lohengrin’: Golf and a Blunt Spouse

Piotr Beczala, known as a charismatic singer of Italian operas, is challenging notions of what a Wagner voice should sound like.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Beczala, Piotr (1966- ) Bolshoi Theater Classical Music Girard, Francois Goerke, Christine Groissbock, Gunther Lohengrin (Opera) Metropolitan Opera Nezet-Seguin, Yannick Opera Wagner, Richard Wilson, Tamara

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