This is a partial discography ofLohengrin, anopera byRichard Wagner. The first production was inWeimar, Germany on 28 August 1850 at theStaatskapelle Weimar, conducted byFranz Liszt.
| Year | Cast (Lohengrin, Elsa, Ortrud, Telramund, König Heinrich, Heerrufer) | Conductor, Opera House and Orchestra | Label[2] |
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| 1982 | Peter Hofmann, Karan Armstrong, Elizabeth Connell, Leif Roar, Siegfried Vogel, Bernd Weikl | Woldemar Nelsson, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus (Staged and directed byGötz Friedrich; recorded live 25–30 June at theBayreuth Festival) | DVD:EuroArts[3] |
| 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 theMetropolitan Opera House, New York) | DVD:Deutsche Grammophon[4] Streaming video: Met Opera on Demand[5] |
| 1990 | Plácido Domingo, Cheryl Studer, Dunja Vejzović, Hartmut Welker, Robert Lloyd, Georg Tichy | Claudio Abbado, Chorus and Orchestra of theVienna State Opera (Producer: Wolfgang Weber) | DVD:Arthaus Musik[6] |
| 1990 | Paul Frey, Cheryl Studer, Gabriele Schnaut, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Manfred Schenk, Eike Wilm Schulte | Peter Schneider, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus (Staged and directed byWerner Herzog; recorded live 24 June – 1 July) | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon[7] |
| 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 theOpéra National de Lyon (Staged byNikolaus Lehnhoff; recorded live on 1, 3, & 5 June at theFestspielhaus Baden-Baden) | Blu-ray:Opus Arte[8] |
| 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 theNationaltheater, Munich) | Blu-ray:Decca Music Group or Deutsche Grammophon[9] |
| 2011 | Klaus Florian Vogt, Annette Dasch, Petra Lang, Jukka Rasilainen, Georg Zeppenfeld, Samuel Youn | Andris Nelsons, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus (Staged and directed byHans Neuenfels) | Blu-ray: Opus Arte[10] |
| 2016 | Piotr Beczała, Anna Netrebko, Evelyn Herlitzius, Tomasz Konieczny, Georg Zeppenfeld, Derek Welton | Christian Thielemann, Staatskapelle Dresden (Recorded live at theSemperoper, Dresden, 17-29 May) | Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD: Deutsche Grammophon[11] Streaming HD video:Qello[12] |
| 2018 | Piotr Beczała, Anja Harteros, Waltraud Meier, Tomasz Konieczny, Georg Zeppenfeld, Egils Siliņš | Christian Thielemann, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus (Directed byYuval Sharon) | Blu-ray: Deutsche Grammophon[13] |
| 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[14] |
| 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[15] |
| 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 theOpéra Bastille) | HD video:Paris Opera Play[16][17] |
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