Daniel Barenboim will conduct Wagner’s “Lohengrin” for La Scala’s gala season opening next December, as the famed Milanese opera house launches a yearlong musical celebration of the dual ...

As Wagner wrote it, Lohengrin is a knight of the Holy Grail ... and baritone Zeljko Lucic is an elegant Herald. Barenboim exhibits masterful control of the orchestra, allowing the long, lyrical ...

The famed La Scala opera house inaugurated its 2012-13 season Friday with the Teutonic classic "Lohengrin" as it ... Verdi and German icon Richard Wagner. Daniel Barenboim, La Scala's music ...

And operas such as Parsifal, the Mastersingers of Nuremberg, The Flying Dutchman and Lohengrin ... that Wagner was around in 1940,” comments the Israeli Jewish conductor Daniel Barenboim ...

A German tenor, he was admired for his clear, powerful voice and his exceptional stamina during hourslong performances.

And in 2001, he caused controversy by performing the works of Richard Wagner, whose music had been appropriated by the Nazis after his death. Ms Arad said: "I wanted to interview Barenboim very much ...

Wagner's Lohengrin transforms historical events from the tenth century into a mythic romance exploring the limitations of faith and love. At the center is Elsa, the princess of Brabant ...