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.
Genre: Music
Stars: Piotr Beczala, Anna Netrebko, Georg Zeppenfeld, Tomasz Konieczny, Evelyn Herlitzius, Derek Welton
Crew: Richard Wagner (Original Music Composer), Christian Thielemann (Conductor), Tiziano Mancini (Director)
Country: Germany
Language: Deutsch
Studio: Unitel, Semperoper Dresden, ZDF, ARTE, Deutsche Grammophon
Runtime: 215 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 22, 2016
IMDb: 10