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Wagner's Lohengrin（VIVA! Opera 10）

Federal Republic of Germany Berlin - Staatsoper Berlin showing the opera: Lohengrin by Richard Wagner; directed by: Stefan Herheim Source: Lieberenz/ullstein bild via Getty Images

Ayako Ohtake, a Sydney-based Japanese soprano singer, hosts weekly music segment called VIVA! Opera for SBS Japanese.

Updated 25/01/2022

By Ayako Ohtake

Presented by Junko Hirabayashi

Soprano Anna Netrebko (as 'Mimi') performs during the final dress rehearsal of 'La Bohem' in New York in 2007.

Puccini's La Bohème（VIVA! Opera 9）

VIVA! Opera is a music content broadcast on the last Tuesday of each month. In the 10th episode, Ms. Ohtake responds to a request from a lister and picks up a song "Treulich geführt (Bridal Chorus)" from R. Wagner's Lohengrin.

Reference - 「Treulich geführt (Bridal Chorus)」（Point Classics）https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbGQO0xOxKw

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