Joana Mallwitz conducts the new production of Lohengrin at the Easter Festival in Baden-Baden with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Elza van den Heever Jennifer Holloway Alexander Soddy Simone Young Wolfgang Koch Anja Kampe Jaap van Zweden Magnus Dietrich Paul Pigster Tara Erraught Annette Dasch Thomas Guggeis Joana Mallwitz Kwangchul Youn Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
Written by Gabriele Fauchet

Richard Wagner's redemption operas continually invite new interpretations. Joana Mallwitz already engaged intensively with the composer's work during her time as General Music Director in Nuremberg. Johannes Erath, a director and musician, will direct the Baden-Baden production of Lohengrin .

The top-class cast includes Tanja Ariane Baumgartner as Ortrud, Wolfgang Koch as Telramund, and Kwangchul Youn as König Heinrich The performance is rounded off with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Rachel Willis-Sorensen as Elsa of Brabant and Piotr Beczala as Lohengrin. 

Performances : March 28th and 31st, and April 5th, 2026

Gabriele Fauchet
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