Joe is currently in Lohengrin rehearsals at the Houston Grand Opera.
Synopsis: One secret protects one great love in Wagner’s mystical romantic opera. Celebrated Wagnerian tenor Simon O’Neill makes his Houston Grand Opera debut as the knight Lohengrin, whose pure love is threatened by common human greed. Canadian soprano Adrianne Pieczonka sings the misguided Elsa, bewitched into betraying the very one she loves. Soprano Christine Goerke is the sorceress Ortrud and Richard Paul Fink plays her husband Frederick of Telramund, who will stop at nothing to gain the throne. Daniel Slater directs this grand-scale production, conducted by HGO Music Director Patrick Summers. Richard Bado is the Chorus Master.
The opera is sung in German with English supertitles.
Performanes are Oct 30, Nov 13, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. (early curtain time!)and Nov 1, 8, 15, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
The most famous piece from Lohengrin is the "Bridal Chorus" ("Here Comes the Bride"), still played at many Western weddings
Come see the opera and support the arts in Houston and Joe!
The Lohengrin postcard above is from around 1900
