Omer Meir Wellber conducts Wagner’s »Lohengrin« at the Hamburg State Opera (March 2026)

On April 3, April 6 and April 11, Omer Meir Wellber will conduct Wagner’s »Lohengrin« at the Hamburg State Opera.

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about the work:

Peter Konwitschny’s epoch-making production sets Wagner’s opera in an oversized classroom from the Wilhelmine era. Konwitschny’s interpretation marks a pivotal moment in the new approaches to Wagner’s reception over the past decades, by addressing both historical and contemporary themes whilst presenting the plot in a gripping manner. Humorous, playful, yet incisive in its analysis of Wagner’s score, the production traces pre-fascist tendencies and the longing for a charismatic saviour figure. Yet the utopia of a better world remains unfulfilled. The signs point to war. Redemption fails to materialise. Drastic soundscapes take their course and turn an initial hope into its opposite – the classroom as a metaphor for the dialectic of the Enlightenment.
The Romantic Opera premiered on 28 August 1850 at the Grand Ducal Court Theatre in Weimar. The Hamburg production premiered on 18 January 1998.

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