Ortrud

LOHENGRIN is promised -- that is, they are talking about it; but amongst the present artists one would have to search for "Ortrud" with a lantern.

Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 Richard Wagner 1848

LOHENGRIN is promised ” that is, they are talking about it; but amongst the present artists one would have to search for "Ortrud" with a lantern.

Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt Tr 1888

There was a wonderfully staged battle between Elsa (Annette Dasch) and Ortrud (Petra Lang), who wore huge dresses of swan feathers, one white and one black.

At Richard Wagner's Old Stamping Grounds Heidi Waleson 2011

Bass-baritone Greer Grimsley brought a welcome subtlety to Telramund, making his snarling villainy a product of his weakness, exploited by the conniving Ortrud.

Post-Traumatic Stress Of Herculean Proportions Heidi Waleson 2011

Also engaging was Michaela Schuster, who brought a fine, sexy malevolence to Ortrud—she was like one of those sorceresses whom you expect to turn into a serpent.

Post-Traumatic Stress Of Herculean Proportions Heidi Waleson 2011

Once again there are roles requiring coloratura facility (Rosina in The Barber of Seville), lyric roles (Charlotte in Werther) and dramatic roles (Amneris in Aida, Ortrud in Lohengrin).

Who's who: the different voices in opera 2011

Wolfgang Koch's powerfully sung Telramund, Michaela Schuster's Ortrud (wonderfully detailed in her conniving allure, and relatively free of the harshness so many mezzos bring to this role), Christof Fischesser's anxious, supple-toned Heinrich, and a notably forthright Herald from Russian baritone Evgeny Nikitin complete this unusually fine cast.

DVD review: Wagner: Lohengrin. Kaufmann, Harteros, et al. Kent Nagano, conducts the Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus 2010

Also, any performance by Varnay in any of her roles but particularly as Ortrud, Brunnhilde, and Senta.

DesignerBlog Will 2009

Also, any performance by Varnay in any of her roles but particularly as Ortrud, Brunnhilde, and Senta.

Archive 2009-03-01 Will 2009

Lohengrin's really after Telramund, ditto Ortrud vs.

a bit of fun... Jessica 2007