Back at the Met after 17 years, this production of Wagner's opera is directed by Francois Girard with Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducting. Tenor Piotr Beczala leads the cast in the title role of the mysterious swan knight, with soprano Tamara Wilson as the virtuous duchess Elsa, falsely accused of murder, and soprano Christine Goerke as the cunning sorceress Ortrud. Bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin is Ortrud's power-hungry husband, Telramund, and bass Gunther Groissboock is King Heinrich. Christopher Maltman hosts.