It took the postwar Bayreuth Festival almost two decades to find a steady Lohengrin conductor -- and even then it only lasted two years. From 1953 when the house presented its first postwar performance of the opera with Joseph Keilberth until 1971 when it presented the first of Silvio Varviso's two consecutive appearances, the only steady thing about Bayreuth's Lohengrin conductors was how brief their tenure on the podium was. After Keilberth came Eugen Jochum in 1954, then André Cluytens in 1958, Lovro von Matacic and ...
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It took the postwar Bayreuth Festival almost two decades to find a steady Lohengrin conductor -- and even then it only lasted two years. From 1953 when the house presented its first postwar performance of the opera with Joseph Keilberth until 1971 when it presented the first of Silvio Varviso's two consecutive appearances, the only steady thing about Bayreuth's Lohengrin conductors was how brief their tenure on the podium was. After Keilberth came Eugen Jochum in 1954, then André Cluytens in 1958, Lovro von Matacic and Heinz Tietjen in 1959, Ferdinand Leitner and Lorin Maazel in 1960, Wolfgang Sawallisch in 1962, Rudolf Kempe and Berislav Klobucar in 1967, Alberto Erede in 1969, and, finally, Varviso in 1971. Then, having seemingly exhausted every possible candidate, the house retired the work for the next eight years. Clearly, with competition from Meistersingers, Tristan, and the four Ring operas, Lohengrin was not a high priority at Bayreuth.In this parade of famous and forgotten Lohengrins, is...
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