This production, featuring company regular Ben Heppner as the Swan Knight and beginning Wagnerians Greer Grimsley and Gordon Hawkins, united the design team of Stephen Wadsworth (director), Tom Lynch (set designer), Martin Pakledinaz (costume designer), and Peter Kaczorowski (lighting designer), who would go on to create
RING 3 for Seattle Opera.
Ben Heppner (Lohengrin) and the swan in Wagner’s Lohengrin, 1994 © Gary Smith
Carol Yahr (Ortrud) and Greer Grimsley (Telramund) in Wagner’s Lohengrin, 1994 © Gary Smith
Wagner’s Lohengrin, 1994 © Gary Smith
This production, featuring company regular Ben Heppner as the Swan Knight and beginning Wagnerians Greer Grimsley and Gordon Hawkins, united the design team of Stephen Wadsworth (director), Tom Lynch (set designer), Martin Pakledinaz (costume designer), and Peter Kaczorowski (lighting designer), who would go on to create RING 3 for Seattle Opera. Greer Grimsley’s first Wagner opera—complete with giant animatronic swan!
Ben Heppner (Lohengrin), Andrea Gruber (Elsa), and Carol Yahr (Ortrud) in Wagner’s Lohengrin, 1994 © Gary Smith
This production, featuring company regular Ben Heppner as the Swan Knight and beginning Wagnerians Greer Grimsley and Gordon Hawkins, united the design team of Stephen Wadsworth (director), Tom Lynch (set designer), Martin Pakledinaz (costume designer), and Peter Kaczorowski (lighting designer), who would go on to create RING 3 for Seattle Opera. Greer Grimsley’s first Wagner opera—complete with giant animatronic swan!
