[Met Performance] CID:330507
New Production
Lohengrin {599} Metropolitan Opera House: 03/9/1998.

(Debuts: Sebastian Uriarte, Gary Martin, Robert Wilson, Frida Parmeggiani, Heinrich Brunke)


Metropolitan Opera House
March 9, 1998
New Production


LOHENGRIN {599}
Wagner-Wagner

Lohengrin...............Ben Heppner
Elsa....................Deborah Voigt
Ortrud..................Deborah Polaski
Telramund...............Hans-Joachim Ketelsen
King Heinrich...........Eric Halfvarson
Herald..................Eike Wilm Schulte
Gottfried...............Sebastian Uriarte [Debut]
Noble...................Thomas Studebaker
Noble...................Matthew Polenzani
Noble...................Gary Martin [Debut]
Noble...................Richard Vernon
Page....................Nicholas Frisch

Conductor...............James Levine

Production..............Robert Wilson [Debut]
Set designer............Robert Wilson
Lighting Concept........Robert Wilson
Costume designer........Frida Parmeggiani [Debut]
Lighting designer.......Heinrich Brunke [Debut]

Lohengrin received seven performances this season.

Production a gift of Gilbert S. Kahn and John J. Noffo Kahn

[Before the performance, General Manager Joseph Volpe spoke in tribute to
Leonie Rysanek who had died on 3/7/1998. The performance was dedicated to her memory.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1997-98
• Lohengrin: Conductor [Levine, James]
• Lohengrin: Lohengrin [Heppner, Ben]
• Lohengrin: Elsa [Voigt, Deborah]
• Lohengrin: Ortrud [Polaski, Deborah]
• Lohengrin: Telramund [Ketelsen, Hans-Joachim]
• Lohengrin: King Heinrich [Halfvarson, Eric]
• Lohengrin: Herald [Schulte, Eike Wilm]
• Lohengrin: Gottfried [Uriarte, Sebastian]
• Lohengrin: Noble [Studebaker, Thomas]
• Lohengrin: Noble [Polenzani, Matthew]
• Lohengrin: Noble [Martin, Gary]
• Lohengrin: Noble [Vernon, Richard]
• Lohengrin: Page [Frisch, Nicholas]
• Lohengrin: Production [Wilson, Robert]
• Lohengrin: Set Designer & Lighting Concept [Wilson, Robert]
• Lohengrin: Costume Designer [Parmeggiani, Frida]
• Lohengrin: Lighting Designer [Brunke, Heinrich]
• 1997-98: Lohengrin: Production gift: Gilbert S. Kahn and John J. Noffo Kahn
• Kahn, Gilbert S. and Kahn, John J. Noffo: 1997-98: Production gift: Lohengrin
• 1997-98: Lohengrin: 7 performances: New Production: Robert Wilson//Robert Wilson/Frida Parmeggiani: Statistics
Met Careers
• Brunke, Heinrich [Lighting Designer]
• Frisch, Nicholas [Child, Male]
• Halfvarson, Eric [Bass]
• Heppner, Ben [Tenor]
• Ketelsen, Hans-Joachim [Baritone]
• Levine, James [Conductor]
• Martin, Gary [Baritone]
• Parmeggiani, Frida [Costume Designer]
• Polaski, Deborah [Soprano]
• Polenzani, Matthew [Tenor]
• Schulte, Eike Wilm [Baritone]
• Studebaker, Thomas [Tenor]
• Uriarte, Sebastian [Child, Male]
• Vernon, Richard [Bass]
• Voigt, Deborah [Soprano]
• Volpe, Joseph [Speaker]
• Wilson, Robert [Production]