Great Performances · SEASON 50
Great Performances at the Met: Lohengrin
Episode 21 · 2023-07-09
- Comedy
- Documentary
- Drama
Episode overview
Back at the Met after 17 years, this production of Wagner’s opera is directed by François Girard with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting. Tenor Piotr Beczała leads the cast in the title role of the mysterious swan knight, with soprano Tamara Wilson as the virtuous duchess Elsa, falsely accused of murder, and soprano Christine Goerke as the cunning sorceress Ortrud. Bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin is Ortrud’s power-hungry husband, Telramund, and bass Günther Groissböck is King Heinrich. Christopher Maltman hosts.
Season 50 episodes
1. Black Lucy and The Bard2022-09-16
2. Intimate Apparel2022-09-23
3. Great Performances at the Met: Lucia Di Lammermoor2022-10-02
4. Great Performances at the Met: Hamlet2022-11-06
5. NY Phil Reopening of David Geffen Hall2022-11-04
6. Josh Groban's Great Big Radio City Show2022-11-25
7. From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 20232023-01-01
8. Movies for Grownups® Awards 2023 with AARP The Magazine2023-02-17
9. The Magic of Spirituals2023-02-24
10. Remember This2023-03-13
11. Great Performances at the Met: The Hours2023-03-17
12. Great Performances at the Met: La Traviata2023-04-02
13. Now Hear This “Piazzolla’s History with Tango”2023-04-07
14. Now Hear This “Schumann - Genius and Madness”2023-04-14
15. Now Hear This “Andy Akiho Found (his) Sound”2023-04-21
16. Now Hear This “Albéniz - Portraits of Spain”2023-04-28
17. Great Performances at the Met: Fedora2023-05-07
18. Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best2023-05-12
19. Richard III2023-05-19
20. Great Performances at the Met: Medea2023-06-16
21. Great Performances at the Met: Lohengrin2023-07-09
22. Great Performances at the Met: Falstaff2023-08-06
23. Leonard Bernstein's Kaddish Symphony2023-08-21
24. Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 20232023-08-25
