Identifier: victrolabookofop00vict (find matches)
Title: The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Victor Talking Machine Company Rous, Samuel Holland
Subjects: Operas
Publisher: Camden, N.J. : Victor Talking Machine Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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THE FLOWER FESTIVAL—ACT I234 LOHENGRIN (Loh-en-grin) OPERA IN THREE ACTS Words and music by Richard Wagner. First produced at Weimar, Germany, August28, 1850, under the direction of Liszt. Produced at Wiesbaden, 1853; Munich and Vienna, 1858; Berlin, 1859. First London production, 1875, and also, in Italian, at Covent Gardenthe same year. First production in English at Her Majestys, in 1880. St. Petersburg, 1875;Paris, 1887. First American production at Stadt Theatre, in New York, April 3, 1871 ; inNew York, in Italian, March 23, 1874, with Nilsson, Cary, Campanini and Del Puente; inGerman, in 1885, with Brandt, Krauss, Fischer and Stritt—this being Anton Seidls Ameri-can debut as a conductor. First New Orleans production, in Italian, December 3, 1877; inFrench, March 4, 1889. Lohengrin is the second of all operas in popularity in Germany (Carmen taking the lead),and during the decade, 1901-1910, had 3,458 performances. Characters HENRI THE FOWLER. King of Germany Bass LOHENGRIN T

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