Trove Thursday

Elsa: Soile Isokoski Ortrud: Dolora Zajick Lohengrin: Ben Heppner Telramund: James Johnson Heinrich: Kristinn Sigmundsson Heerrufer: Eike Wilm Schulte Conductor: James Conlon Los Angeles Opera November 2010 Broadcast

Elsa: Karita Mattila Ortrud: Margaret Jane Wray Lohengrin: Klaus Florian Vogt Telramund: Greer Grimsley Heinrich: René Pape Heerrufer: Charles Taylor Conductor: Philippe Auguin Metropolitan Opera 3 May 2006 In-house recording

Elsa: Lucia Popp Ortrud: Anja Silja Lohengrin: Gösta Winbergh Telramund: Rolf Haunstein Heinrich: Matti Salminen Heerrufer: Rodney Gilfry Conductor: Ralf Weikert Zürich Opera 29 September 1991 In-house recording

Elsa: Pilar Lorengar Ortrud: Mignon Dunn Lohengrin: John Alexander Telramund: Eberhard Wächter Heinrich: Simon Estes Heerrufer: Lawrence Shadur Conductor: James Levine Cincinnati May Festival 25 May 1974 Broadcast

Senta: Régine Crespin Mary: Nancy Williams Dutchman: Cornell MacNeil Erik: Ticho Parly Daland: Giorgio Tozzi Steersman: William Olvis Conductor: Berislav Klobucar Metropolitan Opera 19 January 1968 In-house recording

Elisabeth: Régine Crespin Venus: Grace Bumbry Junger Hirt: Jeanne Diamond Tannhäuser: Dimiter Uzunov Wolfram: Raymond Wolansky Landgraf Herrmann: William Wildermann Walther: Carlo Cossutta Biterolf: Renato Cesari Heinrich: Richard Carl Knoll Reinmar: Malcolm Smith Conductor: Oscar Danon Lyric Opera of Chicago 18 November 1963 In-house recording

San Luigi: Arleen Augér  Donna Marta: Trudeliese Schmidt  Don Ferrante: Bernd Weikl  Conductor: Günther Wich  Bavarian Radio  7 April 1974  Broadcast

Kathleen Battle Agnes Baltsa Gösta Winbergh José van Dam Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan Salzburg Festival 27 August 1985

Cleopatra: Sandrine Piau Cornelia: Kristina Hämmarström Sesto: Malena Ernman Cesare: Lawrence Zazzo Tolomeo: Christophe Dumaux Achilla: Nicolas Rivenq Nireno: Andrew Radley Curio: Andrew Davis Freiburger Barockorchester Conductor: René Jacobs Salle Pleyel 14 June 2008 Broadcast

Giuditta: Ann Hallenberg Amital: Jaël Azzaretti Cabri/Carmi: Ingela Bohlin Ozia: John MacVeigh Achior: João Fernandes Les Talens Lyriques Conductor: Christophe Rousset Théâtre des Champs-Elysées 20 November 2003 Broadcast

Jessye Norman Vienna Philharmonic Conductor: Claudio Abbado Salzburg Festival 3 August 1980 Broadcast

Elina Garanca  Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks  Conductor: Riccardo Muti  Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich  January 2011  Broadcast

Cathy Berberian Ensemble Ars Nova Conductor: Marius Constant Radio France, Paris 17 April 1972 Broadcast

Bernarda Fink Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington Musikfest Bremen 27 September 2001 Broadcast

Cecilia Bartoli Berliner Philharmoniker (a continuo section drawn from it) Berlin 31 May 1995 In-house recording

Janet Baker San Francisco Symphony Conductor: Seiji Ozawa 14 January 1977 Broadcast

Tove: Julia Varady  Wood-Dove: Hanna Schwarz  Waldemar: Thomas Moser  Klaus: Volker Vogel  Peasant: Günter von Kannen  Speaker: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Philharmonische Chöre von Bratislava und Bonn  Philharmonisches Orchester Dortmund Conductor: Ralf Weikert Konzerthaus, Dortmund  1998 In-house recording

Lucretia: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson  Female Chorus: Geraldine McGreevy  Lucia: Lisa Milne  Bianca: Catherine Wyn-Rogers  Tarquinius: Simon Keenlyside  Male Chorus: Ian Bostridge  Collatinus: John Reylea  Junius: Neal Davies Scottish Chamber Orchestra  Conductor: Donald Runnicles Edinburgh Festival  19 August 1998 Broadcast

Sofya: Galina Vishnevskaya  Lyubka: Nina Lebedeva  Frosya: Elena Obraztsova  Khivrya: Veronika Borisenko  Semyon's mother: Nina Novosyolova  First woman: Nina Fomina  Second woman: Galina Borisova  Third woman: Nina Grigoryeva  Semyon: Vladimir Atlantov  Mikola: Aleksandr Arkhipov  Tsaryov: Yuri Mazurok  Von Vichrov: Vladimir Valaitis  Tkachenko: Artur Eizen  Ivasenko: Stanislav Frolov  A worker: Aleksey Maslennikov  A translator: Vitali Vlasov  Old men: Boris Morozov and Yuri Korolyov  First Gaydamak: Vladimir Filippov  Second Gaydamak: Anatolit Mishutin  Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky Bolshoi Opera visiting La Scala  6 November 1973 In-house recording

Countess Adèle: Valerie Masterson  Isolier: Patricia Kern  Ragonde: Anne Collins  Alice: Sandra Dugdale  Count Ory: John Brecknock  Raimbaud: Alan Opie  Tutor: Harold Blackburn Conductor: Hazel Vivienne English National Opera 11 June 1973