Lohengrin / Festival De Bayreuth 1953

Description

Lohengrin: "You must never ask me questions!" Such is the condition set by the mysterious knight who arrives in a boat pulled by a swan to protect Elsa, Duchess of Brabant. Of course, Elsa falls in love with the great warrior – and of course, after their wedding (yes, with the immortal wedding march "Treulich geführt"!), she wants to know who he is! She eventually asks him the question – and thus causes Lohengrin, the son of Parzival, to leave... Richard Wagner's masterpiece, Lohengrin, in a complete historical recording from 1956, featuring Eleanor Steber, Wolfgang Windgassen, the choir and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival under the direction of Josef Keilberth.