Richard Wagner - Lohengrin

The story

A dream came true at Dresden's Semperoper in May 2016 when opera superstars Piotr Beczala and Anna Netrebko made their Wagner debuts as Lohengrin and Elsa, inspired to take on their new roles by Christian Thielmann, the Dresden Staatskapelle's principal conductor and one of the leading Wagner conductors of our day. Die Welt described the performance captured here as "musically one of the finest Lohengrins of all time". Contributing to the triumph are Evelyn Herlitzius's Ortrud. Tomasz Konieczny's Telramund, Georg Zeppenfeld's King Henry and the Dresden State Opera Chorus.

Cast

P Piotr BeczałaLohengrin A Anna NetrebkoElsa von Brabant G Georg ZeppenfeldHeinrich der Vogler T Tomasz KoniecznyFriedrich von Telramund E Evelyn HerlitziusOrtrud D Derek WeltonThe King's Herald T Tom MartinsenNobleman of Brabant S Simeon EsperNobleman of Brabant M Matthias HennebergNobleman of Brabant T Tilmann RonnebeckNobleman of Brabant J Jana HohlfeldPage M Monika HarnischPage

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A Annett EckertPage M Masako FurutaPage C Christian ThielemannConductor