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.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835.
• Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842.
• Kaasch, Donald.
• McNair, Sylvia (Soprano)
• Salminen, Matti.
• Behrens, Hildegard.
• Wlaschiha, Ekkehard.
• Forest, Michael.
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Goldberg, Reiner.
• Held, Alan, 1959-
• Perick, Christof.
• Allen, Peter, 1920-2016.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Woitach, Richard.
• Jenkins, Speight.
• Livingstone, William.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

3 sound discs (166 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 8, 1992]

Uniform Title

• Fidelio (1814)
• Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Fidelio (1814)

Subjects

• Live sound recordings
• Operas

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

• Compact discs.
• House program on file in Music Division.
• Durations: 0:29:48 (synopses and features) ; 2:16:39 (opera).
• Production notes and official cast list (4 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Performer (note)

• Donald Kaasch (Jacquino) ; Sylvia McNair (Marzelline) ; Matti Salminen (Rocco) ; Hildegard Behrens (Leonore) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Don Pizarro) ; Michael Forest (First Prisoner) ; James Courtney (Second Prisoner) ; Reiner Goldberg (Florestan) ; Alan Held (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. 8, 1992.

Reproduction (note)

• Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 606 (F)

Source (note)

• Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Overture ; Act I -- CD 2. Act II, scene 1 ; Overture ; Act II, scene 2 ; Closing remarks (Peter Allen) -- CD 3. Introduction and synopsis of act I (Allen) ; Texaco's opera quiz (Edward Downes, host, with Richard Woitach, Speight Jenkins and William Livingstone) ; Synopsis of act II(Allen).

Call Number

*LTCM 606 (F)

OCLC

NYPG92-R1402

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

002948 021639

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 8, 1992]

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Feb. 8, 1992]

Cast

Donald Kaasch (Jacquino) ; Sylvia McNair (Marzelline) ; Matti Salminen (Rocco) ; Hildegard Behrens (Leonore) ; Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Don Pizarro) ; Michael Forest (First Prisoner) ; James Courtney (Second Prisoner) ; Reiner Goldberg (Florestan) ; Alan Held (Don Fernando) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Christof Perick, conductor ; Peter Allen, broadcast announcer.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 56, no. 10 (Feb. 1, 1992).

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Feb. 8, 1992.

Original Version

Preservation copy re-recorded at NYPL in July, 1992, from borrowed masters (2 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.) lent by the Metropolitan Opera.

Reproduction

Preservation copy (3 sound cassettes : stereo, Dolby-B processed) available in: *LTCM 606 (F)

Language

Sung in German.

Connect to:

Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material

Added Author

Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835. Librettist

Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842. Librettist

Kaasch, Donald. Performer

McNair, Sylvia (Soprano) Performer

Salminen, Matti. Performer

Behrens, Hildegard. Performer

Wlaschiha, Ekkehard. Performer

Forest, Michael. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Goldberg, Reiner. Performer

Held, Alan, 1959- Performer

Perick, Christof. Conductor

Allen, Peter, 1920-2016. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Woitach, Richard. Commentator

Jenkins, Speight. Commentator

Livingstone, William. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Texaco's opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 606 (F) Preservation copy. (Production notes on file.) Use service copy in *LTCM 606 (F).

*LDC 30385 Service copy.