Trivia / Lohengrin

• All-Star Cast: As Lohengrin, Elsa, Ortrud, Telramund, König Heinrich, and Heerufer...
  • Audio Recordings:
    • 1954, conducted by Joseph Keilberth (Live from the Bayreuth Festival): Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Astrid Varnay, Hermann Uhde, Theo Adam, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
    • 1958, conducted by Andre Cluytens (Live from Bayreuth): Sandor Konya, Leonie Rysanek, Astrid Varnay, Ernest Blanc, Kieth Engen, Eberhard Waechter.
    • 1962, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch: Jess Thomas, Anja Silja, Astrid Varnay, Ramon Vinay, Franz Crass, Tom Krause.
    • 1963, conducted by Rudolf Kempe: Jess Thomas, Elisabeth Grümmer, Christa Ludwig, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gottlob Frick, Otto Wiener.
    • 1976, conducted by Herbert von Karajan: René Kollo, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Dunja Vejzovic, Siegmund Nimsgern, Karl Ridderbusch, Robert Kerns.
    • 1994, conduced by Sir Colin Davis: Ben Heppner, Sharon Sweet, Eva Marton, Sergei Leiferkus, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Bryn Terfel.
    • 2008, conducted by Semyon Bychkov: Johan Botha, Adrianne Pieczonka, Petra Lang, Falk Struckmann, Kwangchul Youn, Eike Wilm Schulte
    • 2017, conducted by Sir Mark Elder: Klaus Florian Vogt, Camilla Nylund, Katarina Dalayman, Evgeny Nikitin, Falk Struckmann, Samuel Youn.
• Referenced by...: In The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the Numenorian Sea Guard and especially Elendil's white armour design was inspired by a book cover made by Violet Oakley for Lohengrin in 1910.

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