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Fidelio opera in two acts

Title: Fidelio [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Ludwig van Beethoven ; libretto by Joseph von Sonnleithner with revisions by Stephan von Breuning and Georg Friedrich Treitschke after Jean-Nicolas Bouilly's "Leonore, ou l'amour conjugal".
Author: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
Publication: [New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2006.

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Description

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

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Metropolitan Opera.

Series Statement

Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 1, 2006]
Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 1, 2006]

Uniform Title

Fidelio (1814)
CBC opera quiz (Radio program)
Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Fidelio (1814)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Live sound recordings.

Note

Durations: 1:46:33 (opera) ; 43:07 (introduction, synopses and intermission feature).
Compact discs.
House program on file in Music Division.

Event (note)

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 1, 2006.

Source (note)

Metropolitan Opera;

Language (note)

Sung in German.

Contents

CD 1. Act 1 -- CD 2. Act 2 ; Closing announcements (Margaret Juntwait) -- CD 3. Introduction ; brief history of Fidelio ; synopsis of Act 1 (Juntwait) ; CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Opera Quiz (Stuart Hamilton questions Carrol Anne Curry, David James, and Richard Turp) ; synopsis of Act 2 (Jungwait).

Call Number

*LDC 40742

OCLC

NYPG06-R366

Author

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

Title

Fidelio [sound recording] : opera in two acts / music by Ludwig van Beethoven ; libretto by Joseph von Sonnleithner with revisions by Stephan von Breuning and Georg Friedrich Treitschke after Jean-Nicolas Bouilly's "Leonore, ou l'amour conjugal".

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Metropolitan Opera, c2006.

Series

Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 1, 2006]

Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network ; [broadcast of Apr. 1, 2006]

Performer

Erika Sunnegårdh (Leonore) ; Jennifer Welch-Babidge (Marzelline) ; Ben Heppner (Florestan) ; Gregory Turay (Jaquino) ; Kristinn Sigmundsson (Rocco) ; Alan Held (Don Pizarro) ; James Morris (Don Fernando) ; Russell Thomas (First prisoner) ; John Shelhart (Second prisoner) ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Paul Nadler, conductor ; Margaret Juntwait, broadcast announcer.

Event

Live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Apr. 1, 2006.

Language

Sung in German.

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Added Author

Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835. Librettist

Breuning, Stephan von. Librettist

Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842. Librettist

Bouilly, J. N. (Jean Nicolas), 1763-1842. Léonore.

Sunnegårdh, Erika. Performer

Welch-Babidge, Jennifer. Performer

Heppner, Ben. Performer

Turay, Gregory. Performer

Sigmundsson, Kristinn. Performer

Held, Alan, 1959- Performer

Morris, James, 1947- Performer

Thomas, Russell (Tenor) Performer

Shelhart, John. Performer

Nadler, Paul. Conductor

Juntwait, Margaret. Commentator

Hamilton, Stuart. Commentator

Curry, Carrol Anne. Commentator

James, David. Commentator

Turp, Richard. Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

CBC opera quiz (Radio program)

Added Title

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LDC 40742

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