Lohengrin

Lohengrin — Plot

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”.

• Release date
• July 25, 2018
• Runtime
• 209 min
• Genres
• Music
• Director
• Yuval Sharon

Lohengrin — Cast

Piotr Beczała Lohengrin Anja Harteros Elsa von Brabant Waltraud Meier Ortrud Tomasz Konieczny Friedrich von Telramund Georg Zeppenfeld Heinrich der Vogler Egils Silins Der Heerrufer des Königs

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Michael Gniffke 1. Edler

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Eric Laporte 2. Edler