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Die Feen (1833)
Das Liebesverbot (1836)
Rienzi (1842)
Der fliegende Holländer (1843)
Tannhäuser (1845)
Lohengrin (1847)
Tristan und Isolde (1859)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867)
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Die Walküre (1870)
Siegfried (1871)
Götterdämmerung (1874)
Parsifal (1882)

“Das Liebesverbot” by Richard Wagner

The Ban on Love, Запрет любви

Premiere / date of written: 29 March 1836

Das Liebesverbot (The Ban on Love) is an early opera in two acts by Richard Wagner, with the libretto written by the composer after Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. Described as a grosse komische Oper, it was composed in 1834, and Wagner conducted the premiere in 1836 at Magdeburg.

Libretti

# Language Authors
1 German Richard Wagner
2 Russian Людмила Юй

original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto

Audio recordings

Year Cast
Conductor,
Opera chorus and orchestra
Label,
Comment
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1962
Friedrich — Heinz Imdahl,
Luzio — Kurt Equiluz,
Claudio — Anton Dermota,
Antonio — Willy Friedrich,
Isabella — Hilde Zadek,
Mariana — Christiane Sorrell,
Brighella — Ludwig Welter,
Ernst Salzer,
Hannelore Steffek,
Ernst Salzer,
Franz Handlos,
Herbert Prikopa.
Robert Heger
Austrian Rundfunk Chor and Orchester
Melodram, 3-LP set 244, 2-CD set 10040

Vienna 1962
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1976
Friedrich — Raimund Herincx,
Luzio — Alexander Young,
Claudio — Ian Caley,
Antonio — Neil Jenkins,
Angelo — William Elvin,
Isabella — April Cantelo,
Mariana — Else Wolf,
Brighella — Lawrence Richard,
Danieli — Leslie Fyson,
Dorella — Elizabeth Gale,
Pontio Pilato — David Lennox
Sir Edward Downes
BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, BBC Northern Singers
Ponto POCD1055

Live, complete and uncut, concert recording 23 May 1976, with bonus tracks from a 1971 Sadler's Wells Opera performance of Lohengrin, sung in English and conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite with a cast led by Margaret Curphy as Elsa, Clifford Grant as Heinrich der Vogler, Raimund Herincx as Telramund, and Judith Turner as Ortrud.
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1983
Sabine Hass,
Sarah Coburn,
Robert Schunk,
Hermann Prey,
Kieth Engen,
Wolfgang Fassler,
Friedrich Lenz,
Marianne Seibel,
Gunther Schmidt-Bolhander,
Raimund Grumbach,
Pamela Coburn,
Alfred Kuhn,
Hermann Sapell
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus
Orfeo D'or

9 July 1983
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2012
Friedrich — Michael Nagy,
Luzio — Peter Bronder,
Claudio — Charles Reid,
Antonio — Simon Bode,
Angelo — Franz Mayer,
Isabella — Christiane Libor,
Mariana — Anna Gabler,
Brighella — Thorsten Grümbel,
Danieli — Kihwan Sim,
Dorella — Anna Ryberg,
Pontio Pilato — Julian Prégardien
Sebastian Weigle
Choir of the Frankfurt Opera and Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester.
Oehms Clasiscs OC 942

Frankfurt am Main 2012.
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