Lohengrin prelude to the third act: This is one of the big excerpts for any orchestral tuba player, on which every student has been practicing for years, but still, not the most challenging parts during the opera, the soft playing chorals spread in every act are much more demanding and delicate. I agreed with the conductor to play the complete line also in the higher octave, it's not the original but sounds more musically natural to me. #alessandrofossi #tuba #ftuba #orchestra #wagner #richardwa

✨🎶 Wagner’s wedding march is undoubtedly world-famous. But did you know that it first appeared in his opera Lohengrin, after the protagonist's marriage to Elsa? Listen to this entrance and duet of the newlyweds, performed by Klaus Florian Vogt and Solveig Kringelborn at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.✨🎶 http://bit.ly/Wagner_Lohengrin | medici.tv

Luminous tenor Piotr Beczała returns to the Met stage tomorrow, February 26, as the heroic title knight in François Girard’s breathtaking new production of Wagner’s Lohengrin. Enjoy this clip from the final dress rehearsal of Beczała singing an excerpt from Lohengrin’s pivotal Act III aria, “In fernem Land,” where he recounts the story of the Holy Grail and reveals his identity before bidding Elsa farewell. Met Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts. Lohengrin is on stage February 26–April