War and Peace in Brabant, via Moscow and New York: Girard’s ‘Lohengrin’ at the Met has become a commentary on our times, finds Katherine Syer

François Girard’s new production of Lohengrin locates the Grail Knight’s distant homeland in a futuristic realm – one already delineated in Girard’s Met production of Parsifal (2013). For those already familiar with Girard’s Parsifal, Lohengrin’s arrival wearing a crisp white dress shirt and black trousers visually unites the Grail Knights in both productions.