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Anna Netrebko's dream Elsa in Dresden Lohengrin

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“It has been a long time since the sheer beauty of a voice touched me so deeply”
Reviewed at Semperoper, Dresden on 29 May 2016
Wagner, Lohengrin
Semperoper Dresden
Christian Thielemann, Conductor
Christine Mielitz, Director
Peter Heilein, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Piotr Beczała, Lohengrin
Evelyn Herlitzius, Ortrud
Georg Zeppenfeld, Heinrich der Vogler
Tomasz Konieczny, Friedrich von Telramund
Anna Netrebko, Elsa von Brabant
Matthias Henneberg, 3rd Nobleman of Brabant
Simeon Esper, 2nd Nobleman of Brabant
Tom Martinsen, 1st Nobleman of Brabant
Derek Welton, The King's Herald
Tilmann Rönnebeck, 4th Nobleman of Brabant
Friedewalt Degen, Lighting Designer
Jörn Hinnerk Andresen, Choirmaster / chorus director
Matthias Rank, Dramaturgy
Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
Semperoper Extra Choir
Staatskapelle Dresden
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