August 2018
Bayreuth Festival
Bayreuth, Germany
Opera by Richard Wagner
Yuval Sharon was the first American director to mount a production at the Bayreuth Festival, founded by Wagner in 1876. He directed Wagner's own Lohengrin, with stage design and costumes by Neo Rauch and Rosa Loy and lighting by Reinhard Traub.
Christian Thielemann, conductor
Eberhard Friedrich, choral conductor
CAST
Georg Zeppenfeld, Heinrich der Vogler
Roberto Alagna, Lohengrin
Anja Harteros, Elsa von Brabant
Tomasz Konieczny, Friedrich von Telramund
Waltraud Meier, Ortrud
Egils Silins, Der Heerrufer des Königs
Michael Gniffke, First Elder
Eric Laporte, Second Elder
Raimund Nolte, Third Elder
Timo Riihonen, Fourth Elder