Wagner: Lohengrin (2006)

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With powerful conviction, Nikolaus Lehnhoff interprets Wagner’s Lohengrin as the dramatic struggle of masculine and feminine, revenge and compassion. Powerfully acted, almost like a Strindberg play, and musically of the highest order, this Lohengrin from the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden will be a benchmark production for decades.
With his extraordinarily transparent interpretation of the title role, Klaus Florian Vogt leads an inspired cast to visionary realms that are rarely touched, let alone captured on High Definition film and in pure surround sound. The monumental sets by Stephan Braunfels and Kent Nagano’s sublimely well-balanced musical interpretation complete a deeply moving total-theatre experience.

Lohengrin: Klaus Florian Vogt
Elsa: Solveig Kringelborn
Vogler: Hans-Peter König
Ortrud: Waltraud Meier
Telramund: Tom Fox
King’s herald: Roman Trekel

EuropaChorAkademie Mainz
Chorus of the Opéra national de Lyon
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Musical Director: Kent Nagano
Stage Director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff

Recorded live in the Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden in June 2006.

Plus:
Illustrated synopsis & cast gallery.
Never Shalt Thou Ask of Me - A documentary film by Reiner E. Moritz, including interviews with Nikolaus Lehnhoff, Stephan Braunfels, Bettina Walter, Kent Nagano and leading members of the cast.

Release date Blu-ray disc: April 20, 2009

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