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 YearCast (Lohengrin, Elsa,Ortrud, Telramund,König Heinrich, Heerrufer)Conductor,Opera House and OrchestraLabel Recordings of Lohengrin on Wagner Discography 1935Lauritz Melchior,Lotte Lehmann,Marjorie Lawrence,Friedrich Schorr,Emanuel List,Julius HuehnArtur Bodanzky,New York Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Live recording)Audio CD: Immortal PerformancesCat: IPCD 1032-31940Lauritz Melchior,Elisabeth Rethberg,Kerstin Thorborg,Julius Huehn,Emanuel List,Leonard WarrenErich Leinsdorf,New York Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Live recording)Audio CD: Immortal PerformancesCat: IPCD 10181941Franz Völker,Maria Müller,Margarete Klose,Jaro Prohaska,Ludwig Hofmann,Walter GroßmannRobert Heger,Staatskapelle BerlinChor der Staatsoper BerlinAudio CD: PreiserCat: 900431943Lauritz Melchior,Astrid Varnay,Kerstin Thorborg,Sándor Svéd,Norman Cordon,Mack HarrellErich Leinsdorf,New York Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus(Live recording)Audio CD: NaxosCat: 8.1102351953Wolfgang Windgassen,Eleanor Steber,Astrid Varnay,Hermann Uhde,Josef Greindl,Hans BraunJoseph Keilberth,Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus(Live recording at Bayreuth Festival)Audio CD: NaxosCat: 8.1103081953Rudolf Schock, Maud Cunitz,Margarete Klose,Josef Metternich,Gottlob Frick,Horst GünterWilhelm Schüchter,North German Radio Symphony OrchestraCologne West German Radio chorusNorth German Radio Chorus Hamburg Audio CD: EMI ClassicsCat: 655171954Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson,Astrid Varnay,Hermann Uhde,Theo Adam,Dietrich Fischer-DieskauEugen Jochum,Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus(Live recording at Bayreuth Festival)Audio CD: Opera d'OroCat: OPD 11491958Sandor Konya,Leonie Rysanek,Astrid Varnay,Ernest Blanc,Kieth Engen,Eberhard WaechterAndre Cluytens,Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus(Live recording at Bayreuth Festival)Audio CD: Walhall Eternity SeriesCat: WLCD 02501959Sandor Konya,Elisabeth Grümmer,Rita Gorr,Ernest Blanc,Franz Crass,Eberhard WaechterLovro von Matačić,Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus(Live recording at Bayreuth Festival)Audio CD: OrfeoCat: C691 063 D1959Sandor Konya,Marcella Pobbe,Laura Didier,Aldo Protti,Paolo Dari,Enrico CampiFerdinand Leitner,Orch Sinfonica e Coro de Milano della RAI(Live recording on 8 September)Audio CD: MytoCat: 00224(Sung in Italian)1962Jess Thomas,Anja Silja,Astrid Varnay,Ramon Vinay,Franz Crass,Tom KrauseWolfgang Sawallisch,Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus(Live recording at Bayreuth Festival)Audio CD: DeccaCat: 4705921963Jess Thomas,Elisabeth Grümmer,Christa Ludwig,Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,Gottlob Frick,Otto WienerRudolf Kempe,Vienna State Opera ChorusVienna Philharmonic OrchestraAudio CD: EMI ClassicsCat: 674111965Jess Thomas,Claire Watson,Christa Ludwig,Walter Berry,Martti Talvela,Eberhard WaechterKarl Böhm,Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus(Live recording)Audio CD: OrfeoCat: 8621331966Nicolai Gedda,Aase Nordmo Løvberg,Barbro Ericson,Rolf Jupither,Bengt Rundgren,Ingvar WixellSilvio Varviso,Kungel Hovkapellet, Stockholm(Live recording on 29 January)Audio CD: Ponto RecordingsCat: 10111966Sándor Kónya,Lucine Amara,Rita Gorr,William Dooley,Jerome Hines,Calvin MarshErich Leinsdorf,Boston Symphony OrchestraBoston Chorus Pro MusicaAudio CD: RCA Red SealCat: 501641967James King,Heather Harper,Grace Hoffman,Donald McIntyre,Karl Ridderbusch,Thomas TiptonRudolf Kempe,Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus(Live recording at Bayreuth Festival)Audio CD: OrfeoCat: 8501131971James King,Gundula Janowitz,Gwyneth Jones,Thomas Stewart,Karl Ridderbusch,Gerd NienstedtRafael Kubelík,Bavarian Radio Symphony orchestra and chorusAudio CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 4495911976-81René Kollo,Anna Tomowa-Sintow,Dunja Vejzovic,Siegmund Nimsgern,Karl Ridderbusch,Robert KernsHerbert von Karajan,Berlin Philharmonic OrchestraBerlin Deutsche Oper chorusAudio CD: EMI ClassicsCat: CMS 5-66519-21982Peter Hofmann,Karan Armstrong,Elizabeth Connell,Leif Roar,Siegfried Vogel,Bernd WeiklWoldemar Nelsson,Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus(Live recording at Bayreuth Festival)Audio CD: CBSCat: 385941985-86Plácido Domingo,Jessye Norman,Eva Randová,Siegmund Nimsgern,Hans Sotin,Dietrich Fischer-DieskauGeorg Solti,Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraVienna State Opera chorusAudio CD: DeccaCat: 4707951991Siegfried Jerusalem,Cheryl Studer,Waltraud Meier,Hartmut Welker,Kurt Moll,Andreas SchmidtClaudio Abbado,Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraVienna State Opera chorus Audio CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 4378081994Ben Heppner,Sharon Sweet,Eva Marton,Sergei Leiferkus,Jan-Hendrik Rootering,Bryn TerfelColin Davis,Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and ChorusBavarian State Opera chorusAudio CD: RCA Red SealCat: 626461998Peter Seiffert,Emily Magee,Deborah Polaski,Falk Struckmann,René Pape,Roman TrekelDaniel Barenboim,Berlin Staatskapelle orchestra and chorusAudio CD: TeldecCat: 21484-22008Johan Botha,Adrianne Pieczonka,Petra Lang,Falk Struckmann,Kwangchul Youn,Eike Wilm SchulteSemyon Bychkov,WDR Symphony orchestra and chorusAudio CD: ProfilCat: 090042008Klaus Florian Vogt,Anne Schwanewilms,Marianne Cornetti,Eike Wilm Schulte,Ronnie Johansen,Geert SmitsJaap van Zweden, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic OrchestraNetherlands Radio Choir(Live recording at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam)CD: Quattro Live2017Klaus Florian Vogt,Camilla Nylund,Katarina Dalayman,Evgeny Nikitin,Falk Struckmann,Samuel YounMark Elder, Concertgebouw OrchestraNetherlands Radio ChoirChoir Dutch National Opera(Live recording at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam)CD/SACD: RCO LiveCat: RCO17002
Video recordings YearCast (Lohengrin, Elsa,Ortrud, Telramund,König Heinrich, Heerrufer)Conductor,Opera House and OrchestraLabel Recordings of Lohengrin on Wagner Discography1982Peter Hofmann,Karan Armstrong,Elizabeth Connell,Leif Roar,Siegfried Vogel,Bernd WeiklWoldemar 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, .1986Peter Hofmann,Eva Marton,Leonie Rysanek ,Leif Roar,John Macurdy,Anthony RaffellJames 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, .Streaming video: Met Opera on Demand"Lohengrin" (10 January 1986), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:283080", Met Opera Archive.1990Plácido Domingo ,Cheryl Studer,Dunja Vejzović,Hartmut Welker ,Robert Lloyd,Georg TichyClaudio Abbado,Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera(Producer: Wolfgang Weber)DVD: Arthaus MusikLohengrin, Vienna, 1990: DVD, .1990Paul Frey,Cheryl Studer,Gabriele Schnaut,Ekkehard Wlaschiha,Manfred Schenk,Eike Wilm SchultePeter Schneider,Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus(Staged and directed by Werner Herzog; recorded live 24 June – 1 July)DVD: Deutsche GrammophonLohengrin, Bayreuth, 1990: DVD, , .2006Klaus Florian Vogt,Solveig Kringleborn,Waltraud Meier,Tom Fox,Hans-Peter König,Roman TrekelKent 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, .2009Jonas Kaufmann,Anja Harteros,Michaela Schuster,Wolfgang Koch,Christof Fischesser,Evgeny NikitinKent 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, ; Deutsche Grammophon, 2014, .2011Klaus Florian Vogt,Annette Dasch,Petra Lang,Jukka Rasilainen,Georg Zeppenfeld,Samuel YounAndris Nelsons,Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus(Staged and directed by Hans Neuenfels)Blu-ray: Opus ArteLohengrin, Bayreuth, 2011: Blu-ray, Opus Arte; ZDF, .2016Piotr Beczała,Anna Netrebko,Evelyn Herlitzius,Tomasz Konieczny,Georg Zeppenfeld,Derek WeltonChristian Thielemann,Staatskapelle Dresden(Recorded live at the Semperoper, Dresden, 17-29 May) Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD: Deutsche GrammophonLohengrin, Dresden, 2016: Blu-ray, ; Blu-ray (4K Ultra HD): .Streaming HD video: QelloLohengrin, Dresden, 2016: Qello.2018Piotr Beczała,Anja Harteros,Waltraud Meier,Tomasz Konieczny,Georg Zeppenfeld,Egils SiliņšChristian Thielemann,Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus(Directed by Yuval Sharon)Blu-ray: Deutsche GrammophonLohengrin, Bayreuth, 2018: Blu-ray, .2020Roberto Alagna,Vida Mikneviciuté,Ekaterina Gubanova,Martin Gantner,René Pape,Adam KutnyMatthias Pintscher,Staatsoper Berlin(Stage director: Calixto Bieito; recorded live at the Staatsoper Berlin on 13 December)HD video: EuroArtsLohengrin, Berlin, 2020: Streaming HD video web page, medici.tv. Retrieved 15 August 2023. DVD: ZDF ().2023Piotr Beczała,Tamara Wilson,Christine Goerke,Evgeny Nikitin,Günther Groissböck,Brian MulliganYannick 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"Lohengrin" (18 March 2023), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:357844", Met Opera Archive.2023Piotr Beczała,Johanni van Oostrum,Ekaterina Gubanova,Wolfgang Koch,Kwangchul Youn,ShenyangAlexander Soddy, Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus(Production: Kirill Serebrennikov; recorded live at the Opéra Bastille)HD video: Paris Opera Play"Lohengrin" (2023), Paris Opera Play.Nicolas Blanmont, "Opera Around the World. France. Paris", Opera, December 2023, pp. 1506–1507. Review of performance of 27 September 2023 (with Nina Stemme as Ortrud).
References Notes
External links Recordings of Lohengrin, wagnerdisco.net