Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded live in 1967)
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Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded live in 1967)
James King, Heather Harper, Donald McIntyre, Grace Hoffman / Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Rudolf Kempe
[ Orfeo / 3 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Wednesday 20 February 2019
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1967 proved to be a transitional year, following the death of Wieland Wagner who had run Bayreuth Festival conjointly with his brother Wolfgang since 1951. Wolfgang then ran the festival on his own, until 2008. In his final year on the Green Hill, Rudolf Kempe was completely attuned to the theatre's special acoustics: here is a 'Lohengrin' of supremely subtle sonorities, with several singers making their huge successful house debuts.
"the imaginative choice of Heather Harper pays off in spades in the Act 3 duet. She and the conductor, with James King's sincere co-operation, make a most subtle kind of chamber music together...Throughout the evening Kempe predictably makes the fullest use of the Bayreuth acoustic and sunken pit...A must for Kempe collectors and fans of Harper's musicality; less important as a Bayreuth or Lohengrin landmark." Gramophone
