Lohengrin (1986)

Wagners Romantic opera demands singing actors who can truly inhabit their parts and thats just what we have here Is it possible for a Knight of the Holy Grail to look more enticing than Peter Hofmann No wonder Elsa Eva Marton falls in love at first sight Martons heroine is innocent but she is also a passionate reallife young womanwhich is good because Leonie Rysanek is positively demented as Ortrud the sorceress who accuses Elsa and Lohengrin of using magic With James Levines superb conducting the orchestra and chorus are similarly magical