# 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 |
| 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

| Year | Cast (Lohengrin, Elsa, Ortrud, Telramund, König Heinrich, Heerrufer) | Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra | Label |
| 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 |
| 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 Streaming video: Met Opera on Demand |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Streaming HD video: 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 Grammophon |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |