Name: Fidelio
Start: 1968-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1968-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Staatsoper

Organization

Conductor

Leopold Ludwig

Bass

Hans Sotin

Don Fernando

Baritone

Theo Adam

Don Pizzaro

Tenor

Richard Cassell

Florestan

Soprano

Anja Silja

Leonore

Staatsoper Hamburg

Others

Hamburg State Opera Choir

Orchestra

Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg

Fidelio

Hamburg

Germany

Staatsoper

If not at the beginning of the opera, then surely with the well-known prisoner chorus “O welche Wonne!” everybody will recognise the outstanding quality of this Fidelio. Leonore’s “Töt erst sein Weib!”, sung by the soprano Anja Silja, is only one out of many deep emotional moments of this studio production of the Hamburg State Opera, recorded in 1968 under the artistic direction by Rolf Liebermann. This very natural set and unostentatious production goes without any wrong pathos and lives through its simple beauty, strong emotions and great musical moments. A reunion with great opera stars: Anja Silja as Leonore, Lucia Popp as Marzelline, Richard Cassilly as Florestan, Hans Sotin as Don Fernando und Theo Adam as Don Pizarro.

Opera in two acts. Libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner, Stephan von Breuning and Georg Friedrich Treitschke, after Jean Nicolas Bouilly's "Léonore ou L'Amour conjugal".

A historical studio production from the Hamburg State Opera (1968)

Produced by Polyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft for NDR
© Polyphon 1968

The DVD is available via Arthaus Musik and can be ordered here.

TV director: Joachim Hess
Set and costume design: Wilhelm Reinking
Chorus: Günther Schmidt-Bohländer

Musical direction: Leopold Ludwig
Don Fernando: Hans Sotin
Don Pizarro: Theo Adam
Florestan: Richard Cassilly
Leonore: Anja Silja
Rocco: Ernst Wiemann
Marzelline: Lucia Popp
Jacquino: Erwin Wohlfahrt
Erster Gefangener: Kurt Marschner
Zweiter Gefangener: William Workman
Orchestra: Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chorus: Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

Public

Approved

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Illustrator

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Extra

Mezzo-soprano

Singer

Contralto

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Watch full performance here: Fidelio (1968)

Fidelio - Preview clip

English

Fidelio by Beethoven, al. 01 urt. 1968, Noiztik (1968/1968), Zuzendaria Leopold Ludwig, Staatsoper, Hamburg, Germany

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