LOHENGRIN PELA ÓPERA DE LBy Joel Kasow YON

By Joel Kasow LYONS, FRANCE, 28 October 2006— It has been a long time since Lohengrin and his swan have passed my way, but the new production at the Opéra National de Lyon was in some ways worth the wait. Director Nikolaus Lehnhoff proffered the customary "explication de texte" so that we could understand his concept, but the execution occasionally bordered on the clumsy. The magnificent sets by German architect Stephan Braunfels were so monumental that the audience unfortunately had to endure two intermissions of one hour each, though it was possible to have a meal thanks to the planning of the management.