{"product_id":"leinsdorf-wagner-lohengrin-1940-met-paco160","title":"LEINSDORF Wagner: Lohengrin (1940, Met) - PACO160","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eWAGNER \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eLohengrin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eLive broadcast performance, 1940\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration:  3hr 8:22 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eLohengrin - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eLauritz Melchior\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eElsa - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eElisabeth Rethberg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eOrtrud - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eKerstin Thorborg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eTelramund - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eJulius Huehn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eKing Heinrich - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eEmanuel List\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eHerald - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eLeonard Warren\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eMetropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eErich Leinsdorf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACO160.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fExtended Sleevenotes578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\nRichard Wagner’s \u003cem\u003eLohengrin\u003c\/em\u003e has played an important part in the\nhistory of the Metropolitan Opera since its inaugural season in the Old\nHouse at 39th and Broadway. It was the very first Wagner opera ever\nperformed by the company on 7 November 1883. Sung in Italian (as were all\nthe operas that first season), the cast included Italo Campanini and\nChristine Nilsson, who had just opened the opera house a few weeks earlier\nin \u003cem\u003eFaust\u003c\/em\u003e. It reverted to its original German the following season\nand the opera was presented consecutively for nine seasons in a row. It was\nalso the first Wagner opera ever broadcast by the Met when on 9 January\n1932, the third act was heard with Max Lorenz, Maria Müller, Karin Branzell\nand conducted by Artur Bodanzky. To date, it has had 618 performances, more\nthan any other of Wagner’s works. Many consider \u003cem\u003eLohengrin\u003c\/em\u003e the most\nItalianate of all of the composer’s operas with clearly delineated arias,\nduets, and ensembles, which perhaps accounts for its popularity.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe opera has also proved very popular for both singers and conductors to\nintroduce themselves to Metropolitan Opera audiences. Even a partial list\nreads like a Who’s Who of some of the greatest Wagnerian performers of all\ntime. Brothers Jean and Edouard de Reszke debuted on the same evening in\n1891 in the title role and König Heinrich, respectively. Joining them was\nEmma Eames making her debut as Elsa. Ernestine Schumann-Heink made her Met\ndebut as Ortud in 1898. Tenor Torsten Ralf and conductor Fritz Busch both\nmade their debuts on Opening Night of the 1945-46 season. Hermann Uhde\nappeared at the house for the first time as Telramund in 1955. Ingrid\nBjoner and Sándor Kónya were first heard as the protagonists in 1961, and\nElisabeth Grümmer introduced her Elsa to New York in 1967. In more recent\ntimes, four tenors chose the Swan Knight for their debuts: René Kollo on\nopening night of the new production in 1976, Siegfried Jerusalem and Peter\nHofmann, both in 1980, and Klaus Florian Vogt in 2006. Three outstanding\nconductors, known for specializing in the Wagnerian repertory, also used\nthe work as their debut vehicle: Anton Seidl in 1885, Alfred Hertz in 1902,\nand Karl Riedel in 1929. Perhaps the most important of all these debuts,\nwas unfortunately, not to be. Wieland Wagner was preparing a new production\nof his grandfather’s opera for the inaugural season of the new house at\nLincoln Center in 1966. Ill health, however, prevented him from coming to\nNew York to mount the work and he died less than two months before the\npremiere. His assistant, Peter Lehmann, using Wagner's own notes and basing\nit on similar stagings he had used in Bayreuth and Hamburg, directed the\nproduction in his stead.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe 1939–40 season proved to be a banner year for Wagner at the Met when no\nfewer than six broadcasts of five of his operas were presented ( \u003cem\u003eDie Walküre\u003c\/em\u003e was broadcast twice). As Mrs. August Belmont, a member\nof the Metropolitan Opera board, reminds us during the first intermission,\nthe Met was in the midst of a critical financial crisis. There was an\nextensive fund-raising campaign throughout the season and General Director\nEdward Johnson knew that the Wagnerian singers on his roster were sure-fire\nbox office draws for audiences both in the house and on the radio. This\nwas, after all, by all accounts, the golden age of Wagnerian singing.\nKirsten Flagstad, Lotte Lehmann, Elizabeth Rethberg, Marjorie Lawrence,\nKersten Thorborg, Karin Branzell, Lauritz Melchior, Friedrich Schorr,\nHerbert Janssen, Julius Huehn, Emanuel List, and Ludwig Hofmann were all a\npart of the firmament. And sure enough, no fewer than four of these\nillustrious singers play an integral role in this broadcast.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nIt seems almost superfluous to acknowledge that Danish tenor Lauritz\nMelchior (1890-1973) was the greatest Heldentenor tenor of his, or\npossibly, any generation. Yet one never ceases to be amazed by the apparent\neffortlessness of his singing of some of the most difficult music ever\nwritten. Even Milton Cross himself says during the curtain calls following\nthe second act: “Lauritz Melchior, who carries off these heroic Wagnerian\nroles with such telling effect.” But unlike Siegfried or Tristan (both\navailable on PACO139 and PACO150, respectively) Lohengrin requires\nextensive lyrical singing and here is where Melchior surprises us. From his\nopening farewell to the swan that has carried him to Brabant to his tender\nfarewell to Elsa, Melchior’s singing emulates the greatest exponents of the\nbel canto tradition. Making his Met debut as \u003cem\u003eTannhäuser\u003c\/em\u003e on 17\nFebruary 1926, Melchior sang Lohengrin (of which this is the fourth of his\nten broadcasts of the role) a total of 68 times at the Met. His penultimate\nperformance of the role also proved to be his final Met broadcast on 7\nJanuary 1950. A little less than a month later, on 2 February 1950, he\nwould sing the role one last time and his magnificent 24-year Met career\nwould come to an end.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nAïda was the role that served as both the Met debut (22 November 1922) and\nfarewell (6 March 1942) of German soprano Elisabeth Rethberg (1894-1976).\nShe also sang the role in the very first Met broadcast of the opera in\n1932. During her twenty-year Met career, she sang most of the Wagnerian\nJugendlich dramatischer Sopran roles and even sang two performances of the \u003cem\u003eSiegfried\u003c\/em\u003e Brünnhilde in her final season with the company. She was\nalso a noted Madama Butterfly and Leonora in \u003cem\u003eIl Trovatore\u003c\/em\u003e.\nRethberg participated in the very first broadcast sponsored by Texaco on 7\nDecember 1940 singing the Countess Almaviva in \u003cem\u003eLe Nozze di Figaro\u003c\/em\u003e.\nShe sang almost 400 performances of 29 roles with the company, two of which\nwere US premieres. Rethberg sang Elsa twenty times with the company and\nthis was her third and final broadcast of the opera.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nOne need not look any further than this broadcast to understand the level\nof Wagnerian singing during the Met at this time when it was able to turn\nto Kerstin Thorborg (1896-1970) to step in at short notice to replace her\nailing colleague, Karin Branzell, to sing Ortrud on this afternoon. The\nSwedish mezzo-soprano made her Met debut as Fricka in \u003cem\u003eDie Walküre\u003c\/em\u003e\non 21 December 1936 and sang in all ten of Wagner’s mature operas during\nher 14-year career with the company. She sang in the first Met broadcasts\nof \u003cem\u003eOrfeo ed Euridice\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDer Rosenkavalier\u003c\/em\u003e, both in 1938,\nand \u003cem\u003eBoris Godunov\u003c\/em\u003e in 1939. Thorborg sang Ortud 27 times with the\nMet and this was the first of her six broadcasts of the role. Her final\nperformance took place on 8 February 1950 as Magdalene in \u003cem\u003eDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg\u003c\/em\u003e.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nOur Telramund, American baritone Julius Huehn (b. 1904), made his Met debut\nin \u003cem\u003eLohengrin\u003c\/em\u003e, but as The Herald on 21 December 1935. Within in two\nyears he transitioned to the role we hear him sing on this recording. This\nwas his third and final broadcast of the role. During his 11-year Met\ncareer he sang almost all of the important Wagnerian baritone roles,\nKurwenal in \u003cem\u003eTristan und Isolde\u003c\/em\u003e being his most performed role with\nthe company, singing it 56 times. Huehn sang in the Met broadcast premieres\nof \u003cem\u003eDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGianni Schicchi\u003c\/em\u003e (in\nEnglish) and \u003cem\u003eFidelio\u003c\/em\u003e (his 1941 broadcast of the opera is available\non PACO117), all in 1936. Singing twenty roles in over 200 performances, he\nmade his farewell on 23 March 1946 as Wolfram in \u003cem\u003eTannhäuser\u003c\/em\u003e. After\nleaving the Met, Huehn taught voice at the Eastman School of Music in\nRochester, New York, until his death in 1971.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nViennese-born Emanuel List (1888-1967) was the preeminent Wagnerian bass at\nthe Metropolitan Opera between his debut as Hermann in \u003cem\u003eTannhäuser\u003c\/em\u003e\non 27 December 1933 and his farewell as Baron Ochs in \u003cem\u003eDer Rosenkavalier\u003c\/em\u003e on 1 April 1950. He astonishingly sang all but 9\nperformances of the opera during his 17-year Met career and it was his most\nperformed role with the company, performing it 75 times. He sang eleven\nroles in all ten of Wagner’s mature works as well as operas by Mozart,\nBeethoven and Saint-Saëns for a total of 448 performances. He sang in the\nfirst Met broadcasts of \u003cem\u003eSalome\u003c\/em\u003e in 1934,\u003cem\u003eDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFidelio\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSamson et Dalila\u003c\/em\u003e in 1936 and \u003cem\u003eDer Rosenkavalier\u003c\/em\u003e in 1938.\nHe will undoubtably be remembered for his memorable portrayal of Hunding in\nthe historic recording of Act One of \u003cem\u003eDie Walküre \u003c\/em\u003erecorded in 1935\nwith Lotte Lehmann, Lauritz Melchior, and conducted by Bruno Walter\n(available on PACO024). List Hall at the Metropolitan Opera House is named\nin his honour.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nLeonard Warren (1911-1960) made his first appearance with the Metropolitan\nOpera in a Gala Concert on 27 November 1938, and his official debut was as\nPaolo in \u003cem\u003eSimon Boccanegra\u003c\/em\u003e on 13 January 1939. Acclaimed as one of\nthe greatest American Verdi baritones of all time (he sang 12 roles in 11\nof the composer’s works), he performed a total of 657 times with the\ncompany in a vast array of roles from Ilo in the world premiere of\nMenotti’s \u003cem\u003eThe Island God\u003c\/em\u003e to Rangoni in \u003cem\u003eBoris Godunov\u003c\/em\u003e.\nPerhaps his most famous portrayal was that of the hunchback Rigoletto,\nwhich he performed at the Met 89 times (his second of nine broadcasts of\nthe opera is available on PACO143). As fate would have it, his very first\nperformance of the role in 1943 would be heard by the radio audience, as he\nagreed to step in for an ailing Lawrence Tibbett even though he had just\nsung Renato in \u003cem\u003eUn Ballo in Maschera\u003c\/em\u003e the previous evening. Warren\nhad just sung the title role in a new production of \u003cem\u003eSimon Boccanegra\u003c\/em\u003e three days before his untimely death at 48 years\nold during a performance of \u003cem\u003eLa Forza del Destino\u003c\/em\u003e on 4 March 1960.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nErich Leinsdorf (1912-1993) was recommended to the Metropolitan Opera by no\nless than Arturo Toscanini when the company realized that it needed a\nconductor to assist Artur Bodanzky with his taxing schedule during the\n1937-38 season. This proved to be a wise move by the company for when\nBodanzky took ill on the evening of 21 January 1938, it allowed the 25-year\nold Leinsdorf to step in to make his debut conducting \u003cem\u003eDie \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eWalküre\u003c\/em\u003e. It was the beginning of what would be an illustrious, if\nsomewhat turbulent, career for the young Viennese maestro. He would stay\nwith the company on and off for forty-five years, conducting his final\nperformance on 5 March 1983 (a broadcast performance of \u003cem\u003eArabella\u003c\/em\u003e),\nand tallying up a total of 483 performances of 28 operas. One of the most\ninteresting aspects of this performance of \u003cem\u003eLohengrin\u003c\/em\u003e, the first of\nfour broadcasts he would conduct of the opera, are the many cuts that he\nrestores. During the Bodanzky years, a typical performance of \u003cem\u003eLohengrin\u003c\/em\u003e would cut up to as many as 684 measures of music.\nLeinsdorf, now virtually in charge of the German wing of the company after\nBodanzky’s sudden death just four days before the opening of the 1939-40\nseason, would restore 247 of them on this afternoon. Perhaps one of\nLeinsdorf’s most significant legacies to Metropolitan Opera broadcast\nhistory were his performances of the first uncut presentation of Wagner’s\nRing Cycle to be heard complete during the 1961-62 season (available on\nPACO152, 153, 155 and 156).\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nA set of newly-discovered unused acetate discs served as the basis for this\nrelease giving us the opportunity to hear the voices of some of the\ngreatest Wagnerian singers of any generation as never before and is\nsonically quite possibly the best of Melchior’s numerous live recordings of\nthe opera. A special feature of this release is some of Milton Cross’\nerudite commentary which sets the mood and transports us back to the time\nwhen Wagnerian singing reached its zenith and helped to keep the\nMetropolitan Opera alive for years to come.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes by Michael Scarola\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eWAGNER \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eLohengrin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDISC ONE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\u003ci\u003e Radio Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e  (2:09)\u003cbr\u003e2. Prelude  (8:00)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACT I\u003cbr\u003e3. Hört, Grafen, Edle, Freie von Brabant!  (2:33)\u003cbr\u003e4. Dank, König, dir, daß du zu richten kamst!  (6:00)\u003cbr\u003e5. Seht hin! Sie naht, die hart Beklagte!  (3:05)\u003cbr\u003e6. Einsam in trüben Tagen  (6:30)\u003cbr\u003e7. Des Ritters will ich wahren  (2:37)\u003cbr\u003e8. Ohn’ Antwort ist der Ruf verhallt!  (4:13)\u003cbr\u003e9. Nun sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan!  (4:50)\u003cbr\u003e10. Wenn ich im Kampfe für dich siege  (3:19)\u003cbr\u003e11. Welch holde Wunder muss ich sehen?  (3:23)\u003cbr\u003e12. Nun höret mich und achtet wohl  (7:07)\u003cbr\u003e13. Durch Gottes Sieg ist jetzt dein Leben mein  (3:11)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14. \u003ci\u003eCurtain calls\u003c\/i\u003e  (2:05)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDISC TWO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. \u003ci\u003eRadio Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e  (1:04)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACT II\u003cbr\u003e2. Introduction  (3:29)\u003cbr\u003e3. Erhebe dich, Genossin meiner Schmach!  (3:04)\u003cbr\u003e4. Was macht dich in so wilder Klage doch vergehn?  (3:58)\u003cbr\u003e5. Du wilde Seherin  (6:24)\u003cbr\u003e6. Euch Lüften, die mein Klagen  (3:24)\u003cbr\u003e7. Elsa!  (4:49)\u003cbr\u003e8. Ortrud, wo bist du?  (9:08)\u003cbr\u003e9. In Früh’n versammelt uns der Ruf  (3:43)\u003cbr\u003e10. Des Königs Wort und Will’ tu ich euch kund  (5:39)\u003cbr\u003e11. Gesegnet soll sie schreiten  (4:50)\u003cbr\u003e12. Zurück, Elsa! Nicht länger will ich dulden  (7:40)\u003cbr\u003e13. O König! Trugbetörte Fürsten! Haltet ein!  (4:58)\u003cbr\u003e14. Mein Held, entgegne kühn dem Ungetreuen  (5:45)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15. \u003ci\u003eCurtain calls\u003c\/i\u003e  (2:42)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDISC THREE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. \u003ci\u003eRadio Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e  (1:13)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACT III\u003cbr\u003e2. Prelude  (3:03)\u003cbr\u003e3. Treulich geführt ziehet dahin  (4:26)\u003cbr\u003e4. Das süße Lied verhallt  (3:08)\u003cbr\u003e5. Wie hehr erkenn’ ich unsrer Liebe Wesen!  (6:38)\u003cbr\u003e6. Höchstes Vertraun hast du mir schon zu danken  (3:54)\u003cbr\u003e7. Ach nein! Doch dort - der Schwan!  (6:02)\u003cbr\u003e8. Heil König Heinrich!  (4:39)\u003cbr\u003e9. Was bringen die? Was tun sie kund?  (6:56)\u003cbr\u003e10. In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten  (5:24)\u003cbr\u003e11. Mir schwankt der Boden! Welche Nacht!  (0:46)\u003cbr\u003e12. 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