
# [Opera Blu-Ray] Wagner: Lohengrin - Kent Nagano, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (2006)
Technical Specifications
* Composer: Richard Wagner
* Conductor: Kent Nagano
* Orchestra: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
* Chorus: Rundfunkchor Berlin
* Production: Nikolaus Lehnhoff
* Venue: Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 2006
* Format: BluRay 1080i AVC
* Audio Tracks: LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.1
Overview & Performance Summary
This acclaimed 2006 production of Richard Wagner's Lohengrin, staged at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, features maestro Kent Nagano leading the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and the Rundfunkchor Berlin. Director Nikolaus Lehnhoff strips away the traditional pseudo-medieval romanticism, delivering a stark, psychologically intense, and timeless visual landscape that highlights the tragic conflict between the divine and the human world.
The vocal cast is exceptional, led by American tenor Klaus Florian Vogt in his signature, career-defining role as Lohengrin; his otherworldly, lyrical tone perfectly embodies the ethereal nature of the Swan Knight. German soprano Solveig Kringelborn delivers a deeply moving and fragile Elsa. The dark forces are powerfully realized by Waltraud Meier's chilling, definitive portrayal of Ortrud and Tom Fox's intense Telramund, making this one of the most musically and dramatically compelling Lohengrin recordings of the modern era.
Synopsis (Content Introduction)
* Act I: King Heinrich of Germany arrives in Brabant to rally the nobles against invading forces. Count Telramund, urged by his pagan wife Ortrud, accuses Elsa of murdering her younger brother, Gottfried, to claim the throne. Elsa appeals to divine justice through trial by combat. A mysterious knight in shining armor arrives in a boat drawn by a swan. He offers to champion Elsa and marry her on one strict condition: she must never ask his name or origins. The knight defeats Telramund but spares his life.
* Act II: Banished and disgraced, Telramund and Ortrud plot their revenge outside the Antwerp cathedral. Ortrud preys on Elsa’s innocence, subtly planting the seeds of doubt regarding her protector’s identity. The next morning, during the wedding procession, both Telramund and Ortrud publicly interrupt the ceremony, accusing the nameless knight of sorcery and demanding he reveal his identity. Though shaken, Elsa reaffirms her trust, and the marriage goes forward.
* Act III: Following the famous Bridal Chorus, Elsa and her knight are finally alone in the bridal chamber. Overwhelmed by doubt and Ortrud’s psychological manipulation, Elsa breaks her vow and asks the forbidden question. Telramund bursts into the room to assassinate the knight but is instantly slain. The knight carries the matter before the King. He publicly reveals himself as Lohengrin, a Knight of the Holy Grail. Because his secret is broken, he must return to Monsalvat. Before departing, the swan is transformed back into Elsa's lost brother, Gottfried. Elsa sinks lifeless to the ground as Lohengrin vanishes into the distance.
Track List (Chapter List)
ACT 1
1 OPENING CREDITS
2 VOR SPIEL (PRELUDE)
SCENE 1
3 HÖRT! GRAFEN, EDLE, FREIE VON BRABANT!
4 DANK, KÖNIG, DIR, DAß DU ZU RICHTEN KAMST!
5 WELCH FÜRCHTERLICHE KLAGE SPRICHST DU AUS!
SCENE 2
6 SEHT HIN! SIE NAHT, DIE HART BEKLAGTE!
7 EINSAM IN TRÜBEN TAGEN
8 FRIEDRICH, DU EHRENWERTER MANN
9 DES RITTERS WILL ICH WAHREN
10 WER HIER IM GOTTESKAMPF ZU STREITEN KAM
SCENE 3
GEGRÜßT! SEI GEGRÜßT, DU GOTTGESANDTER HELD!
11 NUN SEI BEDANKT, MEIN LIEBER SCHWAN!
12 HEIL, KÖNIG HEINRICH!
13 WENN ICH IM KAMPFE FÜR DICH SIEGE
14 NUN HÖRT! EUCH, VOLK UND EDLEN, MACH' ICH KUND
15 NUN HÖRET MICH UND ACHTET WOHL
16 MEIN HERR UND GOTT, NUN RUF' ICH DICH
17 DURCH GOTTES SIEG IST JETZT DEIN LEBEN MEIN
ACT 2
SCENE 1
1 INTRODUKTION (INTRODUCTION)
2 ERHEBE DICH, GENOSSIN MEINER SCHMACH!
3 WAS MACHT DICH IN SO WILDER KLAGE DOCH VERGEHN?
4 DU WILDE SEHERIN! WIE WILLST DU DOCH
5 DER RACHE WERK SEI NUN BESCHWOREN
SCENE 2
6 EUCH LÜFTEN, DIE MEIN KLAGEN
7 ELSA! ... WER RUFT?
8 ENTWEIHTE GÖTTER! HELFT JETZT MEINER RACHE!
9 ORTRUD, WO BIST DU?
10 DU ÄRMSTE KANNST WOHL NIE ERMESSEN
11 SO ZIEHT DAS UNHEIL IN DIES HAUS!
SCENE 3
12 MORGENLIED (MORNING SONG)/IN FRÜH'N VERSAMMELT UNS DER RUF
13 DES KÖNIGS WORT UND WILL' TU' ICH EUCH KUND
14 NUN HÖRT, DEM LANDE WILL ER UNS ENTFÜHREN!
SCENE 4
15 PROZESSION (PROCESSION)/GESEGNET SOLL SIE SCHREITEN
16 ZURÜCK, ELSA! NICHT LÄNGER WILL ICH DULDEN
SCENE 5
17 HEIL! HEIL DEM KÖNIG!
18 O KÖNIG! TRUGBETÖRTE FÜRSTEN!
19 MEIN HELD, ENTGEGNE KÜHN DEM LÄSTERER!
20 IN WILDEM BRÜTEN DARF ICH SIE SEHN
ACT 3
SCENE 1
1 VORSPIEL (PRELUDE)
2 BRAUTCHOR (BRIDAL CHORUS): TREULICH GEFÜHRT ZIEHET DAHIN
SCENE 2
3 DAS SÜßE LIED VERHALLT; WIR SIND ALLEIN
4 ATMest DU NICHT MIT MIR DIE SÜßEN DÜFTE
5 WEH, LISTENREICHER GATTE!
SCENE 3
6 HEIL KÖNIG HEINRICH!
7 MACHT PLATZ DEM HELDEN VON BRABANT!
8 IN FERNEM LAND, UNNAHBAR EUREN SCHRITTEN
9 MIR SCHWANKT DER BODEN! WELCHE NACHT!
10 MEIN LIEBER SCHWAN! ACH, DIESE LETZTE TRAUR'GE FAHRT!
11 FAHR HEIM, DU STOLZER HELDE
12 SEHT DA DEN HERZOG VON BRABANT
13 CLOSING CREDITS



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