Richard Wagner - Lohengrin
2016A 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.
Acted in
Piotr Beczala
as Lohengrin
Anna Netrebko
as Elsa von Brabant
Georg Zeppenfeld
as Heinrich der Vogler
Tomasz Konieczny
as Friedrich von Telramund
Evelyn Herlitzius
as Ortrud
Derek Welton
as The King's Herald
Tom Martinsen
as Nobleman of Brabant
Simeon Esper
as Nobleman of Brabant
Matthias Henneberg
as Nobleman of Brabant
Tilmann Ronnebeck
as Nobleman of Brabant
Jana Hohlfeld
as Page
Monika Harnisch
as Page
Annett Eckert
as Page
Masako Furuta
as Page
Christian Thielemann
as Conductor