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, Anna Netrebko, Georg Zeppenfeld
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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.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Tiziano Mancini
- Cast
- Piotr Beczała, Anna Netrebko, Georg Zeppenfeld, Tomasz Konieczny, Evelyn Herlitzius, Derek Welton
- Studio
- Unitel, Semperoper Dresden, ZDF
Maturity rating
Not yet rated.
Audio languages
German
