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