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Wagner: Lohengrin

Hans Hopf (Lohengrin), Ingrid Bjoner (Elsa von Brabant), Hans Günter Nöcker (Friedrich von Telramund), Astrid Varnay (Ortrud), Josef Metternich (Der Heerrufer des Königs), Gislinde Skroblin (Herzog Gottfried, Elsas Bruder)

Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Hans...

the basic sound of this preservation is poor - an unresonant and tubby brass timbre and relatively overloud timpani...There are rewards: the rare chance of hearing the Norwegian Ingrid Bjoner... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2016 More…

Release Date: 13th Nov 2015
Catalogue No: C900153
Label: Orfeo
Series: Orfeo d'Or, Bayerische Staatsoper live
Length: 3 hours 27 minutes

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Wagner: Lohengrin

Work length3:27:57

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Astrid Varnay (soprano), Monika Kienzl (vocals), Gislinde Skroblin (vocals), Josef Metternich (baritone), Jutta Goll (vocals), Heinrich Weber (tenor), Kurt Böhme (bass), Heidi Vicari (vocals), Hans Hopf (tenor), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano), Martin Meier (vocals), Ingrid Bjoner (soprano), Hans Bruno Ernst (bass), Hans Günter Nöcker (bass), Eberhard Georgi (vocals)
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Hans Knappertsbusch
Recorded: 2 September 1963
Recording Venue: Live recording, Prinzregententheater, München, Germany

Act I: Prelude

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Act I Scene 1: Hort! Grafen, Edle, Freie von Brabant! (Herald, Male Chorus, King Heinrich)

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Act I Scene 1: Dank, Konig, dir, dass du zu richten kamst! (Friedrich, Male Chorus, King, Herald)

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Act I Scene 2: Seht ihn! Sie naht, die hart Beklagte! (Male Chorus, King, Elsa)

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Act I Scene 2: Einsam in truben Tagen hab' ich zu Gott gefleht (Elsa, Male Chorus, King, Friedrich)

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Act I Scene 2: Des Ritters will ich wahren (Elsa, Male Chorus, King, Herald)

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Act I Scene 2: Wer hier in Gotteskampfe zu streiten kam (Herald, Male Chorus, Friedrich, Elsa, King, Female Chorus)

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Act I Scene 3: Nun sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan! (Lohengrin, Chorus, King, Elsa)

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Act I Scene 3: Welch holde Wunder muss ich seh'n! (Chorus, Lohengrin, Friedrich, King)

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Act I Scene 3: Nun horet mich und achtet wohl (Herald, Chorus, Lohengrin, Friedrich)

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Act I Scene 3: Mein Herr und Gott, nun ruf ich dich (King, Elsa, Lohengrin, Friedrich, Ortrud, Chorus)

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Act I Scene 3: Durch Gottes Sieg ist jetzt dein Leben mein (Lohengrin, Chorus, King, Elsa, Ortrud, Friedrich)

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Act II Scene 1: Introduction

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Act II Scene 1: Erhebe dich, Genossin meiner Schmach! (Friedrich, Ortrud)

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Act II Scene 1: Was macht dich in so wilder Klage doch vergeh'n? (Ortrud, Friedrich)

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Act II Scene 1: Du wilde Seherin! Wie willst du doch (Friedrich, Ortrud)

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Act II Scene 2: Euch Luften, die mein Klagen (Elsa, Ortrud, Friedrich)

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Act II Scene 2: Elsa! … Wer ruft? (Ortrud, Elsa)

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Act II Scene 2: Entweihte Gotter, helft jetzt meiner Rache! (Ortrud)

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Act II Scene 2: Ortrud, wobist du? (Elsa, Ortrud, Friedrich)

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Act II Scene 3: Im Fruh'n versammelt uns der Ruf (Chorus)

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Act II Scene 3: Des Konigs Wort und Will' tu' ich euch kund (Herald, Male Chorus, Four Brabantines, Friedrich, Four Nobles)

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Act II Scene 4: Gesegnet soll sie schreiten (Chorus)

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Act II Scene 4: Zuruck, Elsa! Nicht langer will ich dulden - Scene 5: Heil! Heil dem Konig! (Ortrud, Chorus, Elsa, Konig, Lohengrin)

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Act II Scene 4: O Konig! Trugbetorte Fursten! Haltet ein! (Friedrich, King, Chorus, Lohengrin)

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Act II Scene 4: Welch ein Geheimnis muss der Held Bewahren? (King, Chorus, Lohengrin, Friedrich, Ortrud, Elsa)

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Act II Scene 4: Mein Held entgeg'ne kuhn dem Ungetreuen! (King, Chorus, Lohengrin, Friedrich, Elsa)

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Act III: Prelude

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Act III Scene 1: Treulich gefuhrt, ziehet dahin (Wedding March) (Chorus)

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Act III Scene 2: Das susse Lied verhallt; wir sind allein (Lohengrin, Elsa)

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Act III Scene 2: Wie hehr erkenn' ich unsrer Liebe Wesen! (Lohengrin, Elsa)

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Act III Scene 2: Hochstes Vertrau'n hast du mir schon zu danken (Lohengrin, Elsa)

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Act III Scene 2: Ach nein! (Elsa, Lohengrin)

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Act III Scene 2: Verwandlung

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Act III Scene 3: Habt Dank, ihr Lieben von Brabant! (Konig, Chorus)

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Act III Scene 3: Was bringen die? (Chorus, King, Brabantines, Four Brabantines, Lohengrin)

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Act III Scene 3: In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten (Lohengrin, King, Chorus)

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Act III Scene 3: Mir schwankt der Boden! Welche Nacht! (Elsa, Chorus, Lohengrin)

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Act III Scene 3: Mein lieber Schwan! (Lohengrin, King, Chorus, Ortrud, Elsa)

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This is the kind of lucky find of which collectors dream: the first release of the first-ever recording of 'Lohengrin' by Knappertsbusch. Of course Wagnerians knew that Furtwängler’s rival, the arch-Wagnerian Hans Knappertsbusch, repeatedly conducted the late works including his 1960 Meistersinger from Bayreuth, for example, which was recently released on Orfeo. But who realised that he conducted 'Lohengrin' in post-War Munich no less than 16 times, and that a recording rxists? After his 'Merry Wives of Windsor', this then is the second ORFEO Knappertsbusch world première recording, both of them from the Prinzregententheater in Munich, his 'Lohengrin' dating from just before the reopening of the National Theatre in 1963. Knappertsbusch came originally from Elberfeld in the Rhineland, but chose Munich as his home and the city of Munich can be proud that he conducted Lohengrin here, but never did so in Bayreuth. Another first on this recording is the singing of Hans Hopf in the title role, for no recording of him as Lohengrin had surfaced up to now. He is partnered by the highly dramatic duo of Astrid Varnay – who seemed predestined for the role of Ortrud – and the great Wagner soprano Ingrid Bjoner as Elsa, who was 35 at the time of this recording. This is Bjoner’s only complete, extant Wagner recording from Munich, even though she was for many years a member of the Munich ensemble (and was so well-versed that she was even able to jump in to take on the role of Isolde in Bayreuth in 1986). Alongside Kurt Böhme as King Heinrich, the quality of the ensemble is further proven by the luxury casting of Josef Metternich in the role of the Heerrufer. This recording is not taken from a radio broadcast, but was found in the archives of the then deputy Intendant of the Bavarian State Opera, Herbert List, and it has been prepared carefully using all the technological means at our disposal today.

This edition is further enriched not least by a stimulating text about the Munich music scene of the day. Even the then Telramund, Hans Günter Nöcker, was contacted for information. The opera world of that time is brought vividly to life both in its musical achievement and in the manner in which the production elicited wildly divergent opinions from the then authoritative critics.

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Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Hans Knappertsbusch

Reviews

January 2016

the basic sound of this preservation is poor - an unresonant and tubby brass timbre and relatively overloud timpani...There are rewards: the rare chance of hearing the Norwegian Ingrid Bjoner on disc complete in a major role. After a bumpy start to the evening, Knappertsbusch, like Kempe, establishes a firm grip on the through-line of the often disparate Act 2 and does not stint on the meloodramatic excitements of Act 3.

Wagner: Lohengrin

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