Richard Wagner Richard Wagner Lohengrin Ben Heppner Elsa Karita Mattila Ortrud Deborah Polaski Telramund Falk Struckmann King Heinrich René Pape Herald Eike Wilm Schulte Gottfried Sebastian Uriarte Noble Thomas Studebaker Noble Tim Willson Noble Gary Martin Noble Richard Vernon Page Alexander Waldron Conductor James Levine Production Robert Wilson Set Designer Robert Wilson Costume Designer Frida Parmeggiani Lighting Designer Heinrich Brunke Lighting Concept Robert Wilson
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Zubin Mehta Daniel Barenboim piano Richard Wagner A Faust Overture Paul Hindemith Mathis der Maler Symphony Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1
Der Holländer (Bass-baritone) Victor von Halem Senta (Soprano) Ealynn Voss Stage director Roman Terleckyj Conductor John Mauceri
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Takashi Asahina Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9
Alberich Ekkehard Wlaschiha Brünnhilde Jane Eaglen First Norn Nancy Maultsby Flosshilde Robynne Redmon Gunther Alan Held Gutrune Elizabeth Byrne Hagen Matti Salminen Second Norn Robynne Redmon Siegfried Siegfried Jerusalem Third Norn Susan Marie Pierson Waltraute Marjana Lipovšek Welgunde Emily Manhart Woglinde Elizabeth Futral Conductor Zubin Mehta Director August Everding Set Designer John Conklin Costume Designer John Conklin Lighting Designer Duane Schuler Choreographer Debra Brown Puppet Master Lisa Aimee Sturz Wig and Makeup Designer Stan Dufford
Alberich Ekkehard Wlaschiha Brünnhilde Jane Eaglen Erda Nancy Maultsby Fafner Matti Salminen Forest Bird Elizabeth Futral Mime Graham Clark Siegfried Siegfried Jerusalem Wanderer (Wotan) James Morris Conductor Zubin Mehta Director August Everding Set Designer John Conklin Costume Designer John Conklin Lighting Designer Duane Schuler Choreographer Debra Brown Puppet Master Lisa Aimee Sturz Wig and Makeup Designer Stan Dufford
Brünnhilde Jane Eaglen Fricka Marjana Lipovšek Gerhilde Elizabeth Byrne Grimgerde Robynne Redmon Helmwige Susan Neves Hunding Matti Salminen Ortlinde Penelope Daner Rossweisse Patricia Risley Schwertleite Martha Jane Howe Sieglinde Tina Kiberg Siegmund Poul Elming Siegrune Eleni Matos Waltraute Emily Manhart Wotan James Morris Conductor Zubin Mehta Director August Everding Set Designer John Conklin Costume Designer John Conklin Lighting Designer Duane Schuler Choreographer Debra Brown Puppet Master Lisa Aimee Sturz Wig and Makeup Designer Stan Dufford
Alberich Ekkehard Wlaschiha Donner Alan Held Erda Nancy Maultsby Fafner Carsten Stabell Fasolt Matti Salminen Flosshilde Robynne Redmon Freia Tina Kiberg Fricka Marjana Lipovšek Froh Stig Andersen Loge Graham Clark Mime Dennis Petersen Wellgunde Emily Manhart Woglinde Elizabeth Futral Wotan James Morris Conductor Zubin Mehta Director August Everding Set Designer John Conklin Costume Designer John Conklin Lighting Designer Duane Schuler Choreographer Debra Brown Puppet Master Lisa Aimee Sturz Wig and Makeup Designer Stan Dufford
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Daniel Barenboim André Watts piano Richard Wagner Parsifal, Prelude Act 1 and Good Friday Music Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 (24, 25) Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 (26) Franz Liszt Totentanz Richard Wagner Götterdämmerung, Siegfried’s Death and Funeral Music
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Daniel Barenboim Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Richard Wagner Parsifal, Prelude Act 1 Höller Aura Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto