
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
Jana Hohlfeld
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Monika Harnisch
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Annett Eckert
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Masako Furuta
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Christian Thielemann
Conductor
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