Lohengrin discography

This is a partial discography of Lohengrin, an opera by Richard Wagner. The first production was in Weimar, Germany on 28 August 1850 at the Staatskapelle Weimar, conducted by Franz Liszt.

Year Cast
(Lohengrin,
Elsa,
Ortrud,
Telramund)		 Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra		 Label[1]
1953 Wolfgang Windgassen,
Eleanor Steber,
Astrid Varnay,
Hermann Uhde		 Joseph Keilberth,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recordng at the Bayreuth Festival)		 Audio CD: Naxos,
Cat: 8.110308
1953 Rudolf Schock,
Maud Cunitz,
Margarete Klose,
Josef Metternich		 Wilhelm Schüchter,
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cologne West German Radio Chorus, North German Radio Chorus Hamburg 		Audio CD: EMI Classics,
Cat: 65517
1954 Wolfgang Windgassen,
Birgit Nilsson,
Astrid Varnay,
Hermann Uhde		 Joseph Keilberth,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recordng at the Bayreuth Festival)		 Audio CD: Opera d'Oro,
Cat: OPD 1149
1958 Sandor Konya,
Leonie Rysanek,
Astrid Varnay,
Ernest Blanc		 Andre Cluytens,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Walhall Eternity Series,
Cat: WLCD 0250
1959 Sandor Konya,
Marcella Pobbe,
Laura Didier,
Aldo Protti		 Ferdinand Leitner,
Orch Sinfonica e Coro de Milano della RAI
(Recording of a performance recorded on 8 September)		 Audio CD: Myto,
Cat: 00224
1962 Jess Thomas,
Anja Silja,
Astrid Varnay,
Ramon Vinay		 Wolfgang Sawallisch,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus
(Recorded at the Bayreuth Festival)		 Audio CD: Decca,
Cat: 470592
1963 Jess Thomas,
Elisabeth Grümmer,
Christa Ludwig,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau		 Rudolf Kempe,
Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra		 Audio CD: EMI Classics,
Cat: 67411
1966 Nicolai Gedda,
Aase Nordmo-Lovberg,
Barbro Ericson,
Ingvar Wixell		 Silvio Varviso,
Kungel Hovkapellet, Stockholm
(Recording of a performance in Stockholm on 29 January)		 Audio CD: Ponto Recordings,
Cat: 1011
1966 Sándor Kónya,
Lucine Amara,
Rita Gorr,
William Dooley		 Erich Leinsdorf,
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Chorus Pro Musica		 Audio CD: RCA Red Seal,
Cat: 50164
1971 James King,
Gundula Janowitz,
Gwyneth Jones,
Thomas Stewart		 Rafael Kubelík,
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon,
Cat: 449591
1976-81 René Kollo,
Anna Tomowa-Sintow,
Dunja Vejzovic,
Siegmund Nimsgern		 Herbert von Karajan,
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus		 Audio CD: EMI Classics,
Cat: CMS 5-66519-2
1982 Peter Hofmann,
Karan Armstrong,
Elizabeth Connell,
Bernd Weikl		 Woldemar Nelsson,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus
(Recorded at performances at the Bayreuth Festival)		 Audio CD: CBS,
Cat: 38594
1985-86 Plácido Domingo,
Jessye Norman,
Eva Randova,
Siegmund Nimsgern		 Georg Solti,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus		 Audio CD: Decca,
Cat: 470795
1991 Siegfried Jerusalem,
Cheryl Studer,
Waltraud Meier,
Hartmut Welker		 Claudio Abbado,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus 		Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon,
Cat: 437808
1991 Paul Frey,
Cheryl Studer,
Gabriele Schnaut,
Ekkehard Wlaschiha		 Peter Schneider,
Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival
Staged and directed by Werner Herzog		 2-DVD set: Deutsche Grammophon,
ASIN: B000YD7S2Q
1994 Ben Heppner,
Sharon Sweet,
Eva Marton,
Sergei Leiferkus		 Colin Davis,
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Bavarian State Opera Chorus		 Audio CD: RCA Red Seal,
Cat: 62646
1998 Peter Seiffert,
Emily Magee,
Deborah Polaski,
Falk Struckmann,
René Pape		 Daniel Barenboim,
Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra and Chorus		 Audio CD: Teldec,
Cat: 21484-2

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Recordings of the opera on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk Retrieved 9 December 2010
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