Richard Wagner - Lohengrin

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

Piotr Beczała

Lohengrin

Anna Netrebko

Elsa von Brabant

Georg Zeppenfeld

Heinrich der Vogler

Tomasz Konieczny

Friedrich von Telramund

Evelyn Herlitzius

Ortrud

Derek Welton

The King's Herald

Tom Martinsen

Nobleman of Brabant

Simeon Esper

Nobleman of Brabant

Matthias Henneberg

Nobleman of Brabant

Tilmann Ronnebeck

Nobleman of Brabant