[Met Performance] CID:138530



Lohengrin
Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, January 15, 1945




Lohengrin (461)
Richard Wagner | Richard Wagner
Lohengrin
Kurt Baum

Elsa
Rose Bampton

Ortrud
Kerstin Thorborg

Telramund
Alexander Sved

King Heinrich
Norman Cordon

Herald
Hugh Thompson

Noble
Morton Bowe

Noble
Richard Manning

Noble
William Hargrave

Noble
Philip Whitfield


Conductor
Erich Leinsdorf







Review 1:

Review of Oscar Thompson in the Sun

KURT BAUM SINGS THE ROLE OF LOHENGRIN

Swan knights come and go in the Metropolitan's round of "Lohengrins," which started with six performances in its [first] season. There was a new one last night, when Kurt Baum appeared as the Grail Ritter for the first time here. King Henry had a new Herald in Hugh Thompson, and the Elsa of the evening took her place in Wagner's opera for the first time this season. The cast otherwise was the same as at the previous representation, and the orchestra again was conducted by Erich Leinsdorf.

Mr. Baum sang acceptably. His voice is rather light for a Wagnerian role and was of much the same volume and color throughout. If not of heroic stature, he wore his silver armor with the ease of past experience, and his stage routine was ample for the role. The other newcomer, Mr. Thompson, met the high tessitura of the Herald's part nicely.

Miss Bampton's portrayal of Elsa had many points in its favor. She was tall and trim, and she wore her medieval robes handsomely. But what is of more consequence, she sang the music of the Princess of Brabant on pitch and with a free, easy tone. The air to the wandering breezes floated into the night. Her malignant listener, the baleful Ortrud, was again impersonated by Kerstin Thorborg, and her companion in evil, the unchivalric Telramund, ? more had the voice of Alexander Sved. Norman Cordon reappeared as the King. Lothar Wallerstein was in charge of the stage.



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