At The Opera, Beethoven's Fidelio (LIVE 1969), April 2, 2022
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Fidelio is Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera. The German libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, with the work premiering at Vienna's Theater an der Wien on November 20, 1805. The following year, Stephan von Breuning helped shorten the work from three acts to two. After further work on the libretto by Georg Friedrich Treitschke, a final version was performed at the Kärntnertortheater on May 14, 1814. By convention, both of the first two versions are referred to as Leonore.
Cast:
Leonore - Christa Ludwig
Florestan - James King
Rocco - Franz Crass
Marzeline - Edith Mathis
Don Fernando - Hans Hotter
Don Pizarro - Ingvar Wixell
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic
Karl Bohm - conductor
LIVE 1969
8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
8:11 p.m.
Christa Ludwig James King
Beethoven
Fidelio, Op. 72
Vienna State Opera; Karl Bohm, conductor
10:45 p.m.
Nicolai Gedda
Adam
Le Postillon Aria
10:50 p.m.
Nicolai Gedda
Massenet
Pourquoi me reveiller
10:53 p.m.
Nicolai Gedda
Johann Strauss II
Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron), operetta (RV 511): Act 1. Als flotter Geist...Ja, das alles auf Ehr'
Bavarian State Opera; Franz Allers, conductor
10:56 p.m.
Nicolai Gedda
Lehar
Paganini, operetta in 3 acts: Act 2. Gern hab' ich die Frau'n geküßt
10:59 p.m.
Nicolai Gedda
Lehar
Das Land des Lachelns (The Land of Smiles) Dein ist mein ganzes Herz
Graunke Orchestra; Willy Mattes, conductor Nicolai Gedda
11:15 p.m.
Flagstad/Melchoir
Tristan und Isolde: O sink' hernieder, Nacht der Liebe!
; Edwin McArthur, conductor
11:32 p.m.
Scotto
Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), Opera: Un Bel Di
11:37 p.m.
Giacomo Puccini
Con Onor Muore (Death of Butterfly)
Rome Opera Orchestra; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor Renata Scotto
11:41 p.m.
Carreras
Turandot, Opera: Nessun Dorma
11:45 p.m.
Maria Callas
Catalini
La Wally-Ebben? Ne Andr Lontano (Diva)
11:50 p.m.
Gedda/Blanc
Bizet
PΩcheurs de Perles: Au Fond du Temple Saint
11:55 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
