Lohengrin discography

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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.

Audio recordings

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Width="160"|Cast
(Lohengrin, Elsa,
Ortrud, Telramund,
König Heinrich, Heerrufer)

!Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra

!Label[http://wagnerdisco.net Recordings of Lohengrin on Wagner Discography]

1935

|Lauritz Melchior,
Lotte Lehmann,
Marjorie Lawrence,
Friedrich Schorr,
Emanuel List,
Julius Huehn

|Artur Bodanzky,
New York Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(Live recording)

|Audio CD: Immortal Performances
Cat: IPCD 1032-3

1940

|Lauritz Melchior,
Elisabeth Rethberg,
Kerstin Thorborg,
Julius Huehn,
Emanuel List,
Leonard Warren

|Erich Leinsdorf,
New York Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(Live recording)

|Audio CD: Immortal Performances
Cat: IPCD 1018

1941

|Franz Völker,
Maria Müller,
Margarete Klose,
Jaro Prohaska,
Ludwig Hofmann,
Walter Großmann

|Robert Heger,
Staatskapelle Berlin
Chor der Staatsoper Berlin

|Audio CD: Preiser
Cat: 90043

1943

|Lauritz Melchior,
Astrid Varnay,
Kerstin Thorborg,
Sándor Svéd,
Norman Cordon,
Mack Harrell

|Erich Leinsdorf,
New York Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(Live recording)

|Audio CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.110235

1953

|Wolfgang Windgassen,
Eleanor Steber,
Astrid Varnay,
Hermann Uhde,
Josef Greindl,
Hans Braun

|Joseph Keilberth,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
(Live recording at Bayreuth Festival)

|Audio CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.110308

1953

|Rudolf Schock,
Maud Cunitz,
Margarete Klose,
Josef Metternich,
Gottlob Frick,
Horst Günter

|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,
Theo Adam,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

|Eugen Jochum,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
(Live recording at Bayreuth Festival)

|Audio CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD 1149

1958

|Sandor Konya,
Leonie Rysanek,
Astrid Varnay,
Ernest Blanc,
Kieth Engen,
Eberhard Waechter

|Andre Cluytens,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
(Live recording at Bayreuth Festival)

|Audio CD: Walhall Eternity Series
Cat: WLCD 0250

1959

|Sandor Konya,
Elisabeth Grümmer,
Rita Gorr,
Ernest Blanc,
Franz Crass,
Eberhard Waechter

|Lovro von Matačić,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
(Live recording at Bayreuth Festival)

|Audio CD: Orfeo
Cat: C691 063 D

1959

|Sandor Konya,
Marcella Pobbe,
Laura Didier,
Aldo Protti,
Paolo Dari,
Enrico Campi

|Ferdinand Leitner,
Orch Sinfonica e Coro de Milano della RAI
(Live recording on 8 September)

|Audio CD: Myto
Cat: 00224
(Sung in Italian)

1962

|Jess Thomas,
Anja Silja,
Astrid Varnay,
Ramon Vinay,
Franz Crass,
Tom Krause

|Wolfgang Sawallisch,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
(Live recording at Bayreuth Festival)

|Audio CD: Decca
Cat: 470592

1963

|Jess Thomas,
Elisabeth Grümmer,
Christa Ludwig,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Gottlob Frick,
Otto Wiener

|Rudolf Kempe,
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

|Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 67411

1965

|Jess Thomas,
Claire Watson,
Christa Ludwig,
Walter Berry,
Martti Talvela,
Eberhard Waechter

|Karl Böhm,
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
(Live recording)

|Audio CD: Orfeo
Cat: 862133

1966

|Nicolai Gedda,
Aase Nordmo Løvberg,
Barbro Ericson,
Rolf Jupither,
Bengt Rundgren,
Ingvar Wixell

|Silvio Varviso,
Kungel Hovkapellet, Stockholm
(Live recording on 29 January)

|Audio CD: Ponto Recordings
Cat: 1011

1966

|Sándor Kónya,
Lucine Amara,
Rita Gorr,
William Dooley,
Jerome Hines,
Calvin Marsh

|Erich Leinsdorf,
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Chorus Pro Musica

|Audio CD: RCA Red Seal
Cat: 50164

1967

|James King,
Heather Harper,
Grace Hoffman,
Donald McIntyre,
Karl Ridderbusch,
Thomas Tipton

|Rudolf Kempe,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
(Live recording at Bayreuth Festival)

|Audio CD: Orfeo
Cat: 850113

1971

|James King,
Gundula Janowitz,
Gwyneth Jones,
Thomas Stewart,
Karl Ridderbusch,
Gerd Nienstedt

|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,
Karl Ridderbusch,
Robert Kerns

|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,
Leif Roar,
Siegfried Vogel,
Bernd Weikl

|Woldemar Nelsson,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus
(Live recording at Bayreuth Festival)

|Audio CD: CBS
Cat: 38594

1985-86

|Plácido Domingo,
Jessye Norman,
Eva Randová,
Siegmund Nimsgern,
Hans Sotin,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

|Georg Solti,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna State Opera chorus

|Audio CD: Decca
Cat: 470795

1991

|Siegfried Jerusalem,
Cheryl Studer,
Waltraud Meier,
Hartmut Welker,
Kurt Moll,
Andreas Schmidt

|Claudio Abbado,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna State Opera chorus

|Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 437808

1994

|Ben Heppner,
Sharon Sweet,
Eva Marton,
Sergei Leiferkus,
Jan-Hendrik Rootering,
Bryn Terfel

|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,
Roman Trekel

|Daniel Barenboim,
Berlin Staatskapelle orchestra and chorus

|Audio CD: Teldec
Cat: 21484-2

2008

|Johan Botha,
Adrianne Pieczonka,
Petra Lang,
Falk Struckmann,
Kwangchul Youn,
Eike Wilm Schulte

|Semyon Bychkov,
WDR Symphony orchestra and chorus

|Audio CD: Profil
Cat: 09004

2008

|Klaus Florian Vogt,
Anne Schwanewilms,
Marianne Cornetti,
Eike Wilm Schulte,
Ronnie Johansen,
Geert Smits

|Jaap van Zweden,
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Netherlands Radio Choir
(Live recording at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam)

|CD: Quattro Live

2017

|Klaus Florian Vogt,
Camilla Nylund,
Katarina Dalayman,
Evgeny Nikitin,
Falk Struckmann,
Samuel Youn

|Mark Elder,
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Netherlands Radio Choir
Choir Dutch National Opera
(Live recording at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam)

|CD/SACD: RCO Live
Cat: RCO17002

Video recordings

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Width="160"|Cast
(Lohengrin, Elsa,
Ortrud, Telramund,
König Heinrich, Heerrufer)

!Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra

!Label[http://wagnerdisco.net Recordings of Lohengrin on Wagner Discography]

1982

|Peter Hofmann,
Karan Armstrong,
Elizabeth Connell,
Leif Roar,
Siegfried Vogel,
Bernd Weikl

|Woldemar Nelsson,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus
(Staged and directed by Götz Friedrich; recorded live 25–30 June at the Bayreuth Festival)

|DVD: EuroArtsLohengrin, Bayreuth, 1982: DVD, {{OCLC|74464161}}.

1986

|Peter Hofmann,
Eva Marton,
Leonie Rysanek ,
Leif Roar,
John Macurdy,
Anthony Raffell

|James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Production: August Everding; recorded live on 10 January at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York)

|DVD: Deutsche GrammophonLohengrin, Met Opera, 1986: DVD, {{OCLC|71674196}}.
Streaming video:
Met Opera on Demand[https://ondemand.metopera.org/performance/detail/46d62a3b-ead1-5b87-8d6b-7c52b9942fab "Lohengrin" (10 January 1986)], Met Opera on Demand; [https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/search.jsp?titles=Lohengrin&exact_date=19860110 "CID:283080"], Met Opera Archive.

1990

|Plácido Domingo ,
Cheryl Studer,
Dunja Vejzović,
Hartmut Welker ,
Robert Lloyd,
Georg Tichy

|Claudio Abbado,
Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
(Producer: Wolfgang Weber)

|DVD: Arthaus MusikLohengrin, Vienna, 1990: DVD, {{OCLC|812828658}}.

1990

|Paul Frey,
Cheryl Studer,
Gabriele Schnaut,
Ekkehard Wlaschiha,
Manfred Schenk,
Eike Wilm Schulte

|Peter Schneider,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus
(Staged and directed by Werner Herzog; recorded live 24 June – 1 July)

|DVD: Deutsche GrammophonLohengrin, Bayreuth, 1990: DVD, {{OCLC|230829740}}, {{ASIN|B000YD7S2Q}}.

2006

|Klaus Florian Vogt,
Solveig Kringleborn,
Waltraud Meier,
Tom Fox,
Hans-Peter König,
Roman Trekel

|Kent Nagano,
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin,
EuropaChor Mainz, Chorus of the Opéra National de Lyon
(Staged by Nikolaus Lehnhoff; recorded live on 1, 3, & 5 June at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden)

|Blu-ray: Opus ArteLohengrin, Baden-Baden, 2006: Blu-ray, {{OCLC|570375565}}.

2009

|Jonas Kaufmann,
Anja Harteros,
Michaela Schuster,
Wolfgang Koch,
Christof Fischesser,
Evgeny Nikitin

|Kent Nagano,
Bavarian State Opera
(Stage director: Richard Jones; recorded live in July at the Nationaltheater, Munich)

|Blu-ray: Decca Music Group or Deutsche GrammophonLohengrin, Munich, 2009: Blu-ray: Decca, 2010, {{OCLC|944519976}}; Deutsche Grammophon, 2014, {{OCLC|900646254}}.

2011

|Klaus Florian Vogt,
Annette Dasch,
Petra Lang,
Jukka Rasilainen,
Georg Zeppenfeld,
Samuel Youn

|Andris Nelsons,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus
(Staged and directed by Hans Neuenfels)

|Blu-ray: Opus ArteLohengrin, Bayreuth, 2011: Blu-ray, [https://www.opusarte.com/details/OABD7103D Opus Arte]; ZDF, {{OCLC|767891340}}.

2016

|Piotr Beczała,
Anna Netrebko,
Evelyn Herlitzius,
Tomasz Konieczny,
Georg Zeppenfeld,
Derek Welton

|Christian Thielemann,
Staatskapelle Dresden
(Recorded live at the Semperoper, Dresden, 17-29 May)

|Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD: Deutsche GrammophonLohengrin, Dresden, 2016: Blu-ray, {{OCLC|1038532207}}; Blu-ray (4K Ultra HD): {{OCLC|1001955634}}.
Streaming HD video: QelloLohengrin, Dresden, 2016: [https://qello.com/app/concert/2154373/richard-wagner/lohengrin Qello].

2018

|Piotr Beczała,
Anja Harteros,
Waltraud Meier,
Tomasz Konieczny,
Georg Zeppenfeld,
Egils Siliņš

|Christian Thielemann,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus
(Directed by Yuval Sharon)

|Blu-ray: Deutsche GrammophonLohengrin, Bayreuth, 2018: Blu-ray, {{OCLC|1137012156}}.

2020

|Roberto Alagna,
Vida Mikneviciuté,
Ekaterina Gubanova,
Martin Gantner,
René Pape,
Adam Kutny

|Matthias Pintscher,
Staatsoper Berlin
(Stage director: Calixto Bieito; recorded live at the Staatsoper Berlin on 13 December)

|HD video: EuroArtsLohengrin, Berlin, 2020: [https://www.medici.tv/en/operas/wagner-lohengrin-matthias-pintscher-rene-pape-roberto-alagna-ekaterina-gubanova-staatskapelle-berlin-staatsoper-berlin Streaming HD video web page], medici.tv. Retrieved 15 August 2023. DVD: ZDF ({{OCLC|1227479151}}).

2023

|Piotr Beczała,
Tamara Wilson,
Christine Goerke,
Evgeny Nikitin,
Günther Groissböck,
Brian Mulligan

|Yannick Nézet-Séguin,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Production: François Girard; recorded live on 18 March at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York)

|HD video: Met Opera on Demand[https://ondemand.metopera.org/performance/detail/b8595f00-3f0e-5a05-86dc-5c739397a884 "Lohengrin" (18 March 2023)], Met Opera on Demand; [https://archives.metopera.org/MetOperaSearch/search.jsp?titles=Lohengrin&exact_date=20230318 "CID:357844"], Met Opera Archive.

2023

|Piotr Beczała,
Johanni van Oostrum,
Ekaterina Gubanova,
Wolfgang Koch,
Kwangchul Youn,
Shenyang

|Alexander Soddy,
Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Production: Kirill Serebrennikov; recorded live at the Opéra Bastille)

|HD video: Paris Opera Play[https://play.operadeparis.fr/en/p/lohengrin "Lohengrin" (2023)], Paris Opera Play.Nicolas Blanmont, [https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/113271/page/100 "Opera Around the World. France. Paris"], Opera, December 2023, pp. 1506–1507. Review of performance of 27 September 2023 (with Nina Stemme as Ortrud).

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