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”.
Director and cast
- Piotr Beczała as Lohengrin
- Anja Harteros as Elsa von Brabant
- Waltraud Meier as Ortrud
- Tomasz Konieczny as Friedrich von Telramund
- Georg Zeppenfeld as Heinrich der Vogler
- Egils Silins as Der Heerrufer des Königs
- Michael Gniffke as 1. Edler
- Eric Laporte as 2. Edler
- Kay Stiefermann as 3. Edler
- Timo Riihonen as 4. Edler
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