Opera di Roma

Lohengrin

In Cinemas 4, 5 & 8 Jul 2026
Conductor
Michele Mariotti
Orchestra
Orchestra of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Cast
Dmitry Korchak (Lohengrin), Jennifer Holloway (Elsa), Clive Bayley (Heinrich der Vogler), Tómas Tómasson (Friedrich von Telramund), Ekaterina Gubanova (Ortrud), Andrei Bondarenko (Der Heerrufer)
Composer
Richard Wagner
Director
Damiano Michieletto
Set Design
Paolo Fantin
Duration
3h59 incl. 2 invervals
Sung in German, with English subtitles
Captured live from Teatro Costanzi, Rome, 27 Nov 2025
Official Event Listing
  • A landmark production! Lived up to (and even exceeded) all expectations. Michieletto’s vision is original and stimulating. Vocally, the cast was almost as felicitous as the staging. Magnificent soprano Jennifer Holloway has the ideal voice for Wagner.
    Ossama el Naggar, OPERAWIRE
    Brilliant. A resounding triumph. Apart from the extraordinary attention to detail in the musical composition from the podium and the choir - we are treated to a Lohengrin that is focused, essential and decidedly powerful in every bar and every moment.
    Paola de Simone, CONNESSI ALL'OPERA

Romantic opera in three acts (1850)

New Production! Opera di Roma opened its season with Damiano Michieletto's new staging of Wagner’s great Romantic opera, the company's first in fifty years, co-produced with Palau de les Arts in Valencia and Teatro La Fenice in Venezia.

Acclaimed tenor Dmitry Korchak sings the title role of the mysterious swan knight who comes to the rescue of the virtuous duchess Elsa (American soprano Jennifer Holloway in her Teatro Costanzi debut) after she is wrongly accused of murder - on the condition that she never asks his name. Ekaterina Gubanova sings the scheming Ortrud, and Tómas Tómasson her husband Telramund, who together sow seeds of doubt in Elsa’s mind.

Opera di Roma Music Director Michele Mariotti tackles Wagner at the theatre for the first time, conducting a magnificent score filled with ethereal strings and angelic choruses, from the mythical arrival of the Knight in Act I to the famous Bridal Chorus in Act III.

Opera di Roma

Taking its current name at the advent of the republic, Rome’s beautiful opera house, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma was first inaugurated in 1880, as Teatro Costanzi. The company hosted the world premiere of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Puccini’s Tosca among others.

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