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 & crew

Piotr BeczałaLohengrin

Anna Netrebko

Anna NetrebkoElsa von Brabant

Georg ZeppenfeldHeinrich der Vogler

Tomasz KoniecznyFriedrich von Telramund

Evelyn HerlitziusOrtrud

Derek WeltonThe King's Herald

Tom Martinsen

Tom MartinsenNobleman of Brabant

Simeon Esper

Simeon EsperNobleman of Brabant

Matthias Henneberg

Matthias HennebergNobleman of Brabant

Tilmann Ronnebeck

Tilmann RonnebeckNobleman of Brabant

Jana Hohlfeld

Jana HohlfeldPage

Monika Harnisch

Monika HarnischPage