Amsterdam: Lohengrin Lite

JAMES SOHRE reports on Pierre Audi's
production for Netherlands Opera

Stage director Pierre Audi is not one to be strictly representational in his story telling.

At times in my past encounters, Mr Audi has summoned forth interpretive results of unearthly beauty and unerring emotional resonance. His successes are among my most memorable opera-going experiences. At other times, Pierre's over-thinking of subtext has muddied the plot and defused the emotional core of the musico-dramatic source material...

RICHARD WAGNER

LOHENGRIN

AMSTERDAM

NETHERLANDS