LA Opera presents ‘Lohengrin’ by Richard Wagner

Lohengrin (Ben Heppner) thinks about killing Friedrich of Telramund ( James Johnson) but decides against it.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Elsa of Brabant (Soile Isokoski) and Lohengrin (Ben Heppner) express their love for each other.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Friedrich of Telramund ( James Johnson) expresses his anger about his ruined honor to his wife, Ortrud (Dolora Zajick).  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Elsa of Brabant (Soile Isokoski) offers kindness to Ortrud (Dolora Zajick), who unbeknown to Elsa is plotting against her.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Dolora Zajick, center, plays Ortrud, who is outraged that her husband, Friedrich of Telramund, has been dishonored.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Ortrud (Dolora Zajick) and Friedrich (James Johnson) place doubt in the mind of Elsa about her husband to be.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Kristinn Sigmundsson as King Heinrich, center, congratulates Lohengrin (Ben Heppner, left) and Elsa of Brabant (Soile Isokoski) on their marriage.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Elsa of Brabant (Soile Isokoski) and Lohengrin (Ben Heppner) on their wedding night.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)