Wagner Lohengrin opera to libretto by the composer. Directed 2018 by Yuval Sharon at at the Bayreuth Festival. Stars Georg Zeppenfeld (Heinrich), Piotr Beczala (Lohengrin), Anja Harteros (Elsa von Brabant), Tomasz Konieczny (Friedrich), Waltraud Meier (Ortrud), Egils Silins (Der Heerrufer des Königs or King’s Herald), Michael Gniffke (an Elder), Eric Laporte (an Elder), Raimund Nolte (an Elder), and Timo Riihonen (an Elder). Christian Thielemann conducts the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus. Stage and costume designs by Neo Rauch and Rosa Loy; lighting by Reinhard Traub. Directed for TV by Michael Beyer. Sung in German. Released 2019, disc has 5.0 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA
This is the one with the bugs! Mike Ashman in the 2019 Gramophone at page 103 loves the singers and hates the production that he calls an “annoyance and frustrating to watch.” Probably not you best choice for your first TV viewing of Lohengrin.
Here’s a trailer from Deutsche Grammophon:
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