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Wagner: Lohengrin

Georg Zeppenfeld (König Heinrich); Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin); Annette Dasch (Elsa); Jukka Rasilainen (Telramund); Petra Lang (Ortrud); Samuel Youn (Der Heerrufer des Königs); Stefan Heibach (Nobleman of Brabant); Willem van der Heyden (Nobleman of Brabant); Rainer Zaun (Nobleman of Brabant); Christian Tschelebiew (Nobleman of Brabant)

Lohengrin is staged by the enfant terrible Hans Neuenfels, and offers a thought-provoking production of brilliant visual clarity. The performance by Klaus Florian Vogt in the title role is staggering and impressive. There is beauty and purity in his voice, but in this role in particular, one truly senses something unheimlich, other-worldly, which fits superlatively both with work and production. Conductor Andris Nelsons brings out the best in the festival chorus and orchestra. It is a Lohengrin one does not easily forget and puts Bayreuth back in the vanguard of Wagner interpretation.

DVD

Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/06/2012
Sound Formats: 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES
Catalogue Number: OA1071D

BLU-RAY

Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/06/2012
Sound Formats: 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS
Ratio: 16:9
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES
Catalogue Number: OABD7103D

CD

Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/06/2018
Sound Formats: Stereo
Ratio: Audio Only
Subtitles:
Catalogue Number: OACD9034D
Conductor(s):
Andris Nelsons
Orchestra(s):
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus
Artist(s):
Georg Zeppenfeld; Klaus Florian Vogt; Annette Dasch; Jukka Rasilainen; Petra Lang; Samuel Youn; Stefan Heibach; Willem van der Heyden; Rainer Zaun; Christian Tschelebiew; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus; Andris Nelsons
"Klaus Florian Vogthas been singing the role of Lohengrin for 10 years, but he never before sang it so painfully truthful, so beautiful and pleadingly, powerfully and inspired. Vogt is the miracle of this production." (www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de)

"A magic moment of music theatre." (Handelsblatt)

"Bayreuth's incomparable chorus really deserves a medal for its performance here." (International Record Review)

"All six solo singers are musically excellent and dramatically persuasive, with Petra Lang's excoriating Ortrud and Georg Zeppenfeld's grave yet warm-toned King Henry particularly memorable..." (Gramophone)

"Post-Wolfgang Wagner Bayreuth has its critics but this Lohengrin - and the Stefan Herheim 2008 Parsifal that will be broadcast and recorded this summer - shows it at its very best. I strongly commend this DVD to those who want to know what is current at Bayreuth... or to those who have seen it in the Festspielhaus or on TV and want to relive it." (Musicweb International)

Georg Zeppenfeld (König Heinrich); Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin); Annette Dasch (Elsa); Jukka Rasilainen (Telramund); Petra Lang (Ortrud); Samuel Youn (Der Heerrufer des Königs); Stefan Heibach (Nobleman of Brabant); Willem van der Heyden (Nobleman of Brabant); Rainer Zaun (Nobleman of Brabant); Christian Tschelebiew (Nobleman of Brabant)

Lohengrin is staged by the enfant terrible Hans Neuenfels, and offers a thought-provoking production of brilliant visual clarity. The performance by Klaus Florian Vogt in the title role is staggering and impressive. There is beauty and purity in his voice, but in this role in particular, one truly senses something unheimlich, other-worldly, which fits superlatively both with work and production. Conductor Andris Nelsons brings out the best in the festival chorus and orchestra. It is a Lohengrin one does not easily forget and puts Bayreuth back in the vanguard of Wagner interpretation.

DVD

Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/06/2012
Sound Formats: 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES
Catalogue Number: OA1071D

BLU-RAY

Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/06/2012
Sound Formats: 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS
Ratio: 16:9
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES
Catalogue Number: OABD7103D

CD

Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/06/2018
Sound Formats: Stereo
Ratio: Audio Only
Subtitles:
Catalogue Number: OACD9034D

Conductor(s):
Andris Nelsons
Orchestra(s):
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus
Artist(s):
Georg Zeppenfeld; Klaus Florian Vogt; Annette Dasch; Jukka Rasilainen; Petra Lang; Samuel Youn; Stefan Heibach; Willem van der Heyden; Rainer Zaun; Christian Tschelebiew; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus; Andris Nelsons

"Klaus Florian Vogthas been singing the role of Lohengrin for 10 years, but he never before sang it so painfully truthful, so beautiful and pleadingly, powerfully and inspired. Vogt is the miracle of this production." (www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de)

"A magic moment of music theatre." (Handelsblatt)

"Bayreuth's incomparable chorus really deserves a medal for its performance here." (International Record Review)

"All six solo singers are musically excellent and dramatically persuasive, with Petra Lang's excoriating Ortrud and Georg Zeppenfeld's grave yet warm-toned King Henry particularly memorable..." (Gramophone)

"Post-Wolfgang Wagner Bayreuth has its critics but this Lohengrin - and the Stefan Herheim 2008 Parsifal that will be broadcast and recorded this summer - shows it at its very best. I strongly commend this DVD to those who want to know what is current at Bayreuth... or to those who have seen it in the Festspielhaus or on TV and want to relive it." (Musicweb International)