Lohengrin Völker Müller Klose Heger 1942

Legendary Nazi Lohengrin 1942. Franz Völker Margarete Klose Robert Heger Berliner Staatsoper In spite of Heger’s weak conducting, ugly singing from Prohaska and Hoffmann, and Müller’s unimpressive, colorless Elsa, this performance from Berlin 1942 (imagine who is in the audience) features Franz Völker’s handsome Lohengrin and the brilliant Margarete Klose’s Ortrud. These two artists make it worth enduring this plodding performance. Klose has no trouble with the killer finale, making a terrifying entrance