Lohengrin

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 Beczała

Lohengrin

Anja Harteros

Elsa von Brabant

Waltraud Meier

Ortrud

Egils Silins

Der Heerrufer des Königs

Georg Zeppenfeld

Heinrich der Vogler

Tomasz Konieczny

Friedrich von Telramund

Christian Thielemann

Self - Conductor

N/A

Michael Gniffke

1. Edler

N/A

Eric Laporte

2. Edler

N/A

Kay Stiefermann

3. Edler

Timo Riihonen

4. Edler

Richard Wagner

Self - Composer