Hans Neuenfels’s striking new production of Wagner’s fairytale opera gives this medieval story of doomed love and sorcery the Bayreuth treatment. As controversial as it is stimulating, this production was the talk of the 2011 Festival, and showcases a new generation of Wagnerian singing talent, including soprano Annette Dasch and tenor Klaus Florian Vogt.

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. This is a Lohengrin one does not easily forget and puts Bayreuth back in the vanguard of Wagner interpretation.



Cast:
- König Heinrich: Georg Zeppenfeld
- Lohengrin: Klaus Florian Vogt
- Elsa Von Brabant: Annette Dasch
- Friedrich Von Telramund: Jukka Rasilainen
- Ortrud: Petra Lang
- Der Heerrufer Des Königs: Samuel Youn

Director: Hans Neuenfels

Recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival, August 2011.

"KFV has 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

Running time: 84 minutes
Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/ES
Sound format: 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS