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.

Audio recordings
Year Cast
(Lohengrin, Elsa,
Ortrud, Telramund,
König Heinrich, Heerrufer)		 Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra		 Label[1]
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,
Anna 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
Year Cast
(Lohengrin, Elsa,
Ortrud, Telramund,
König Heinrich, Heerrufer)		 Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra		 Label[2]
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: EuroArts[3]
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 Grammophon[4]
SD video: Met Opera on Demand[5]
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 Musik[6]
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 Grammophon[7]
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 Arte[8]
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 Grammophon[9]
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 Arte[10]
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 Grammophon[11]
Streaming HD video: Qello[12]
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 Grammophon[13]
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: EuroArts[14]
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[15]

References
Notes
  1. Recordings of Lohengrin on Wagner Discography
  2. Recordings of Lohengrin on Wagner Discography
  3. Lohengrin, Bayreuth, 1982: DVD, OCLC 74464161.
  4. Lohengrin, Met Opera, 1986: DVD, OCLC 71674196.
  5. "Lohengrin" (10 January 1986), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:283080", Met Opera Archive.
  6. Lohengrin, Vienna, 1990: DVD, OCLC 812828658.
  7. Lohengrin, Bayreuth, 1990: DVD, OCLC 230829740, ASIN B000YD7S2Q.
  8. Lohengrin, Baden-Baden, 2006: Blu-ray, OCLC 570375565.
  9. Lohengrin, Munich, 2009: Blu-ray: Decca, 2010, OCLC 944519976; Deutsche Grammophon, 2014, OCLC 900646254.
  10. Lohengrin, Bayreuth, 2011: Blu-ray, Opus Arte; ZDF, OCLC 767891340.
  11. Lohengrin, Dresden, 2016: Blu-ray, OCLC 1038532207; Blu-ray (4K Ultra HD): OCLC 1001955634.
  12. Lohengrin, Dresden, 2016: Qello.
  13. Lohengrin, Bayreuth, 2018: Blu-ray, OCLC 1137012156.
  14. Lohengrin, Berlin, 2020: Streaming HD video web page, medici.tv. Retrieved 15 August 2023. DVD: ZDF (OCLC 1227479151).
  15. "Lohengrin" (18 March 2023), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:357844", Met Opera Archive.
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