08/28/1850 Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin had its first ever performance in Weimar in Germany, on Goethe's birthday, Franz Liszt conducting. (By John Osborne) Source Citation The Earl of Harewood, ed., The New Kobbe's Complete Opera Book (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1976) p. 205 Record Data Date Certainty Exact Type Education/Culture Relevance Personal People Places Weimar, Germany Images Richard Wagner, detail