Overview
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
Lohengrin
Elsa von Brabant
Heinrich der Vogler
Friedrich von Telramund
Ortrud
The King's Herald
Nobleman of Brabant
Nobleman of Brabant
Nobleman of Brabant
Nobleman of Brabant
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