Lohengrin (2019)

Lohengrin (2019)

2019-07-05 Germany 209 Min. PG-13
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Overview

After Tristan und Isolde (2016), Parsifal (2017) and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (2018) this is the fourth installment of the exclusive, multiyear partnership between Deutsche Grammophon and the Bayreuth Festival, in which the Yellow Label is the exclusive audiovisual partner of the mythical Wagner festival, releasing each edition's new production on Blu-ray. This year, we are proud to release on Blu-ray the celebrated production of Lohengrin which was premiered on 25 July 2018, featuring an illustrious cast including Piotr Beczala and Anja Harteros in their house debuts, as well as the acclaimed return of Waltraud Meier to the Bayreuth Festival. The New York Times praised Piotr Beczala’s Lohengrin as “outstanding”, Anja Harteros [making] her impressive Bayreuth debut” as Elsa, and Ortrud “played with dominant presence by the incomparable Waltraud Meier”.

Cast

Piotr Beczala is Lohengrin
Lohengrin
Anja Harteros is Elsa von Brabant
Elsa von Brabant
Egils Silins is Der Heerrufer des Königs
Der Heerrufer des Königs
Georg Zeppenfeld is Heinrich der Vogler
Heinrich der Vogler
Tomasz Konieczny is Friedrich von Telramund
Friedrich von Telramund
Michael Gniffke is 1. Edler
Eric Laporte is 2. Edler
2. Edler
Kay Stiefermann is 3. Edler
Timo Riihonen is 4. Edler