leads to the latter's discovery. Friedrich is unmasked; Marianne, clinging to his side, is recognised. Amazement, indignation, joy: the necessary explanations are soon got through ; Friedrich moodily asks to be led before the judgment-seat of the King on his return, to receive the capital sentence; Claudio, set free from prison by the jubilant mob, instructs him that death is not always the penalty for a love-offence. Fresh messengers announce the unexpected arrival of the King in the harbour; everyone decides to go in full carnival-attire to greet the beloved prince, who surely will be pleased to see how ill the sour puritanism of the Germans becomes the heat of Sicily. The word goes round: 'Gay festivals delight him more than all your gloomy edicts.' Friedrich, with his newly married wife Marianne, has to head the procession; the Novice, lost to the cloister for ever, makes the second pair with Luzio. Recordings Robert Heger conducting the Austrian Rundfunk Chor and Orchester, with Heinz Imdahl, Ernst Salzer, Anton Dermota, Kurt Equiluz, Willy Friedrich, Hilde Zadek, Christiane Sorrell, Hannelore Steffek, Ernst Salzer, Ludwig Welter, Franz Handlos, Herbert Prikopa. Vienna 1962. (Melodram, 3-LP set 244, 2-CD set 10040) John Bell conducting the Chor und Orchester des Internationalen Jugend-Festspieletreffens (Bayreuth, August 17–20, 1972)(Mixtur, MXT 3001/3, 1983) Edward Downes conducting the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, with April Cantelo (Isabella), Alexander Young (Luzio), Raimund Herincx (Friedrich), BBC Northern Singers. 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 (Ponto POCD1055) Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting the Bavarian State Opera. Sabine Hass, Sarah Coburn, Robert Schunk, Hermann Prey. 1995 (Orfeo D'or) Sebastian Weigle conducting the Choir of the Frankfurt Opera and Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester. Frankfurt am Main 2012 (Oehms Classics OC 942) The overture is occasionally found on radio broadcasts and compilation CDs. References Notes Sources Deathridge, John (2001). "Richard Wagner", pp. 1020–1046, in The New Penguin Opera Guide, edited by Amanda Holden. New York: Penguin / Putnam, 2001. Ellis, William Ashton, translator (1898). Richard Wagner's Prose Works. Vol. VII. In Paris and Dresden. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner. Further reading Dreyfus, Laurence (2010). Wagner and the Erotic Impulse. London: Harvard University Press. .