Bayreuth: Mendele Lohengrin - Ein Klezmer-Singspiel New discoveries all around: unknown

New discoveries all around: unknown Italian composers and the first concert of the JCOM in the large Art Nouveau synagogue in Szeged (Hungary)

spending six months in Italy – following in Goethe's footsteps

the number of participants is limited

together with the Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich

the other probably an 'anti-Judaist' in keeping with his time

Bayreuth: Mendele Lohengrin - Ein Klezmer-Singspiel New discoveries all around: unknownEvgeni Orkin (*1977) Mendele Lohengrin (2025) A Klezmer Singspiel based on the story of the same name by Heinrich York Steiner (1898) Commissioned composition by JCOM Ethel Merhaut, singer Stefan Merki, actor Daniel Grossmann, conductor Martin Valds Stauber, libretto Constanze Negwer, scenic design JEWISH A poor Jewish musician, who earns a meager living performing at weddings, fulfills a dream: with his hard earned savings, he treats himself to a