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Fidelio opera in two acts

Title
Fidelio [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Ludwig van Beethoven ; libretto by Josef Sonnleithner and Georg Friedrich Treitschke.
Author
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

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Additional Authors
  • Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835.
  • Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842.
  • Kaasch, Donald.
  • Donath, Helen.
  • Moll, Kurt, 1938-
  • Connell, Elizabeth.
  • Welker, Hartmut, 1941-
  • Forest, Michael.
  • Croft, Dwayne.
  • Lakes, Gary.
  • Schmidt, Andreas, 1960-
  • Perick, Christof.
  • Allen, Peter, 1920-
  • Downes, Edward, 1911-
  • Krisel, Michelle.
  • Jellinek, George, 1919-
  • Wrong, Henry.
  • Gutman, John.
  • Rysanek, Leonie.
  • Ludwig, Christa.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.
Description
3 sound discs (170 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 16, 1991]
Uniform Title
  • Fidelio (1814)
  • Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
  • Met moments (Radio program)
  • Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Alternative Title
Fidelio (1814)
Subject
Operas
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
  • Durations: 0:29:12 (synopses and features) ; 2:20:51 (opera).
  • Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
  • Compact discs.
Indexed In (note)
  • Opera news
Performer (note)
  • Donald Kaasch (Jacquino) ; Helen Donath (Marzelline) ; Kurt Moll (Rocco) ; Elizabeth Connell (Leonore) ; Hartmut Welker (Don Pizarro) ; Michael Forest (First Prisoner) ; Gary Lakes (Florestan) ; Dwayne Croft (Second Prisoner) ; Andreas Schmidt (Don Fernando) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christof Perick, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Event (note)
  • Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 16, 1991.
Reproduction (note)
  • Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 587 (F)
Language (note)
  • Sung in German.
Contents
CD 1. Introduction and synopsis of Act 1 (Peter Allen) ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 ; Closing remarks (Allen) -- CD 3. Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Michelle Krisel, George Jellinek and Henry Wrong) ; Met Moments (John Gutman, host, with Leonie Rysanek and Christa Ludwig) ; Synopsis of Act 2 (Allen).
Call Number
*LDC 29114
OCLC
NYPG92-R929
Author
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
Title
Fidelio [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Ludwig van Beethoven ; libretto by Josef Sonnleithner and Georg Friedrich Treitschke.
Playing Time
002912 022051
Series
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 16, 1991]
Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 16, 1991]
Cast
Donald Kaasch (Jacquino) ; Helen Donath (Marzelline) ; Kurt Moll (Rocco) ; Elizabeth Connell (Leonore) ; Hartmut Welker (Don Pizarro) ; Michael Forest (First Prisoner) ; Gary Lakes (Florestan) ; Dwayne Croft (Second Prisoner) ; Andreas Schmidt (Don Fernando) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christof Perick, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.
Original Version
Re-recorded at NYPL in Apr. 1992, from borrowed masters (2 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.
Indexed In:
Opera news, v. 55, no. 11 (Feb. 16, 1991).
Event
Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 16, 1991.
Reproduction
Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) in: *LTCM 587 (F)
Language
Sung in German.
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Added Author
Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835. Librettist
Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842. Librettist
Kaasch, Donald. Performer
Donath, Helen. Performer
Moll, Kurt, 1938- Performer
Connell, Elizabeth. Performer
Welker, Hartmut, 1941- Performer
Forest, Michael. Performer
Croft, Dwayne. Performer
Lakes, Gary. Performer
Schmidt, Andreas, 1960- Performer
Perick, Christof. Conductor
Allen, Peter, 1920- Commentator
Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator
Krisel, Michelle. Commentator
Jellinek, George, 1919- Commentator
Wrong, Henry. Commentator
Gutman, John. Commentator
Rysanek, Leonie. Commentator
Ludwig, Christa. Commentator
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
Met moments (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*LDC 29114 Service copy.
*LTCM 587 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes in listening room.) Use service copy in *LDC 29114.
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