Research Catalog

Title

Fidelio [videorecording] / the Metropolitan Opera presents ; [music] by Ludwig van Beethoven ; libretto by Joseph von Sonnleithner with revisions by Stephan von Breuning and Georg Friedrich Treitschke; a Metropolitan Opera television production.

Author

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

Publication

Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon : Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp., c2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835.
• Flimm, Jürgen, 1941-2023.
• Israel, Robert, 1939-
• Gerkan, Florence von.
• Schuler, Duane.
• Large, Brian.
• Mattila, Karita.
• Welch-Babidge, Jennifer.
• Heppner, Ben.
• Polenzani, Matthew.
• Struckmann, Falk.
• Pape, René.
• Lloyd, Robert, 1940-
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)

Description

1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Fidelio (1814)

Alternative Title

Fidelio (1814)

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Opera in two acts, after Jean-Nicholas Bouilly's Léonore, ou l'amour conjugal.
• Bonus: Picture gallery ("Fidelio" at the Met); trailer.
• Program notes by Mike Ashman and synopsis both in English with French and German translations (23 p. : ports.) in container.

Credits (note)

• Production, Jürgen Flimm ; set designer, Robert Israel ; costume designer, Florence von Gerkan ; lighting designer, Duane Schuler ; video director, Brian Large.

Event (note)

• Produced at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Oct. 2000.

System Details (note)

• DVD; DTS 5.1; Dolby digital 5.1; PCM stereo; region code: 0 (worldwide).

Language (note)

• Sung in German; subtitles in German, English, French, Chinese, Spanish.

Call Number

*LDV 174

LCCN

044007305294

OCLC

53880828

Author

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

Title

Fidelio [videorecording] / the Metropolitan Opera presents ; [music] by Ludwig van Beethoven ; libretto by Joseph von Sonnleithner with revisions by Stephan von Breuning and Georg Friedrich Treitschke; a Metropolitan Opera television production.

Imprint

Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon : Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp., c2003.

System Details

DVD; DTS 5.1; Dolby digital 5.1; PCM stereo; region code: 0 (worldwide).

Language

Sung in German; subtitles in German, English, French, Chinese, Spanish.

Performer

Karita Mattila (Leonore) ; Jennifer Welch-Babidge (Marzelline) ; Ben Heppner (Florestan) ; Matthew Polenzani (Jaquino) ; Falk Struckmann (Don Pizzaro) ; René Pape (Rocco) ; Robert Lloyd (Don Fernando) ; supporting soloists ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor.

Credits

Production, Jürgen Flimm ; set designer, Robert Israel ; costume designer, Florence von Gerkan ; lighting designer, Duane Schuler ; video director, Brian Large.

Event

Produced at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Oct. 2000.

Added Author

Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835. Librettist

Flimm, Jürgen, 1941-2023. Production personnel

Israel, Robert, 1939- Set designer

Gerkan, Florence von. Costume designer

Schuler, Duane. Lighting designer

Large, Brian. Director

Mattila, Karita. Performer

Welch-Babidge, Jennifer. Performer

Heppner, Ben. Performer

Polenzani, Matthew. Performer

Struckmann, Falk. Performer

Pape, René. Performer

Lloyd, Robert, 1940- Performer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)

Other Standard Identifier

044007305294

Publisher No.

B0001417-09 Deutsche Grammophon

Research Call Number

*LDV 174 Notes on file.