Research Catalog

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, 1766-1836.
• Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842.
• Atherton, James.
• Malfitano, Catherine.
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Behrens, Hildegard.
• Nentwig, Franz Ferdinand.
• Jenkins, Timothy.
• Thompson, Arthur, 1942-2004.
• Vickers, Jon.
• Morris, James, 1947-
• Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• McKinley, John K.
• Bliss, Anthony A., 1913-1991.
• Jacobson, Robert M.
• Nilsson, Birgit.
• Cassilly, Richard, 1927-
• Milnes, Sherrill.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of April 18, 1981].

Uniform Title

• Singer's roundtable (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Subjects

• Souvaine, Geraldine
• Operas

Note

• Title from house program.
• Durations: 0:29:39 (Pre-curtain feature and intermission) ; 2:16:08 (opera).
• Compact discs.

Event (note)

• Due to a labor dispute, this broadcast was a repeat of the Fidelio broadcast on Feb. 2, 1980.

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Fidelio overture ; Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2, scene 1 ; Leonore Overture no. 3 ; Act 2, scene 2 -- CD 3. Pre-curtain feature (John K. McKinley pays tribute to Geraldine Souvaine on her retirement ; Anthony Bliss speaks about next season's repertory) ; Singer's roundtable - re-broadcast from Feb. 2, 1980 (Robert Jacobson, host, with Birgit Nilsson, Richard Cassilly, and Sherrill Milnes).

Call Number

*LDC 32035

OCLC

NYPG05-R10164

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.

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of April 18, 1981].

Performer

James Atherton (Jacquino) ; Catherine Malfitano (Marzelline) ; Pail Plishka (Rocco) ; Hildegard Behrens (Leonore) ; Franz Ferdinand Nentwig (Don Pizarro) ; Timothy Jenkins (First prisoner) ; Arthur Thompson (Second prisoner) ; Jon Vickers (Florestan) ; James Morris (Don Fernando) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus) ; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Event

Due to a labor dispute, this broadcast was a repeat of the Fidelio broadcast on Feb. 2, 1980.

Language

Sung in German.

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Added Author

Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1836. Librettist

Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842. Librettist

Atherton, James. Performer

Malfitano, Catherine. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Behrens, Hildegard. Performer

Nentwig, Franz Ferdinand. Performer

Jenkins, Timothy. Performer

Thompson, Arthur, 1942-2004. Performer

Vickers, Jon. Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

McKinley, John K. Commentator

Bliss, Anthony A., 1913-1991. Commentator

Jacobson, Robert M. Commentator

Nilsson, Birgit. Commentator

Cassilly, Richard, 1927- Commentator

Milnes, Sherrill. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Singer's roundtable (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 32035