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Recording of the month

Der fliegende Holländer conducted by Franz Konwitschny


DVD of the month

The Copenhagen Ring


Important years in Richard Wagner's life

1813 born in Leipzig
1834 Die Feen completed
1843 Holländer premiere
1845 Tannhäuser premiere
1850 Lohengrin premiere
1852 text of Rheingold and Walküre
1854 Das Rheingold completed
1856 Die Walküre completed
1859 Tristan completed
1865 Tristan premiere in Munich
1868 Meistersinger premiere
1869 Das Rheingold premiere
1870 Die Walküre premiere
1871 Siegfried completed
1874 Götterdämmerung completed
1876 First Festival in Bayreuth
1882 Parsifal premiere
1883 Wagner dies in Venice

 

Lohengrin (CD): Rudolf Kempe, Gottlob Frick, Jess Thomas, Elisabeth Grümmer, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Christa Ludwig, Otto Wiener

covwer kempe lohengrinConductor Rudolf Kempe

König Heinrich Gottlob Frick
Lohengrin Jess Thomas
Elsa Elisabeth Grümmer
Telramund Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Ortrud Christa Ludwig
Der Heerrufer Otto Wiener

Wiener Philharmoniker

Chor der Wiener Staatsoper

Recorded 1962/1963

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Reviews

Jess Thomas combines ardour and anguish as well as any, and with Fischer-Dieskau a formidable (but never over-emphatic) antagonist, and Gottlob Frick a majestic King Henry, the drama of the opera's central conflict remains supremely immediate and powerful. As Elsa and Ortrud, Elisabeth Grümmer and Christa Ludwig are ideal opposites.
The Gramophone Classical Music Guide 2008

 

 

Lohengrin on DVD - Lohengrin on CD

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