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(The audience is not shocked to learn the mans name is Lohengrin.)
Cue the digital swan.
Then, as the overture winds down, the moon explodes and the staging goes permanently glum.
Theres more action onstage than the eyes perceive thanks to a vibrant cast.
Christine Goerke delivers an abundance of witchy grimaces and uncanny singing as the nasty sorceress Ortrud.
The character is a dumb villain and clumsy schemer, easily manipulated and summarily defeated in a duel.
