Richard Wagner - Lohengrin · 2016

Richard Wagner - Lohengrin

Tiziano Mancini · 215 min · Germany

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.

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Production companies

Unitel, Semperoper Dresden, ZDF, ARTE

Cast

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  Piotr Beczała

  Lohengrin

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  Anna Netrebko

  Elsa von Brabant

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  Georg Zeppenfeld

  Heinrich der Vogler

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  Tomasz Konieczny

  Friedrich von Telramund

• Evelyn Herlitzius

  Ortrud

• Derek Welton

  The King's Herald

• Tom Martinsen

  Nobleman of Brabant

• Simeon Esper

  Nobleman of Brabant