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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Details

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)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• 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.

Connect to:

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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.