Elisabeth: Régine Crespin Venus: Grace Bumbry Junger Hirt: Jeanne Diamond Tannhäuser: Dimiter Uzunov Wolfram: Raymond Wolansky Landgraf Herrmann: William Wildermann Walther: Carlo Cossutta Biterolf: Renato Cesari Heinrich: Richard Carl Knoll Reinmar: Malcolm Smith Conductor: Oscar Danon Lyric Opera of Chicago 18 November 1963 In-house recording