EditorialYannick Nézet-Séguin trys on his outfit for “Lohengrin,” backstage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, April 25, 2023. (Landon Nordeman/The New York Times)
EditorialThe tenor Piotr Beczala in his dressing room at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, where he is appearing in Wagner’s “Lohengrin,” on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times)
EditorialCenter from left, Tamara Wilson, Piotr Beczala and Günther Groissb?ck in Fran?ois Girard’s production of “Lohengrin,” at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Feb. 21, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialPiotr Beczala as the title character in Wagner’s “Lohengrin” during a rehearsal at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Jan. 21, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialKornel Mundruczo, whose career has included an Oscar-nominated movie and stage productions across Europe, in Berlin, Jan. 8, 2022. (Gordon Welters/The New York Times)