Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

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Fidelio

Leonore

 

Fidelio

Wien, 27 November 1960

New York, 06 January 2001

Hamburg, 04 April 2004

EMI, 1962

London, 16 August 2001

New York, 01 April 2006

Teldec 1994

New York, 07 December 2002

 

Teldec 1999

Salzburg, 12 April 2003

 

 

* Wien, Staatsoper

Performance : Sunday 27 November 1960

Broadcast : France Musiques, Wednesday 01 January 2003

 

Aase Nordmo-Loevberg

Wolfgang Windgassen

Walter Kreppel

Otto Wiener

Hans Hotter

Wilma Lipp

Murray Dickie

– Leonore

– Florestan

– Rocco

– Don Fernando

– Don Pizarro

– Marzelline

– Jaquino

 

Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

conducted by Herbert von Karajan

 

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* EMI, 1962           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Kingsway Hall, London

Recording date : February-March 1962

 

Christa Ludwig

Jon Vickers

Gottlob Frick

Franz Crass

Walter Berry

Ingeborg Hallstein

Gerhard Unger

Kurt Wehofschitz

Raymond Wolansky

– Leonore

– Florestan

– Rocco

– Don Fernando

– Don Pizarro

– Marzelline

– Jaquino

– Erster Gefangener

– Zweiter Gefangener

 

Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus

conducted by Otto Klemperer

 

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* Teldec, 1994           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Graz, Stefiansaal

Recording date : June 1994

 

Charlotte Margiono

Peter Seiffert

László Polgár

Boje Skovhus

Sergei Leiferkus

Barbara Bonney

Deon van der Walt

Reinaldo Macias

Robert Florianschütz

– Leonore

– Florestan

– Rocco

– Don Fernando

– Don Pizarro

– Marzelline

– Jaquino

– Erster Gefangener

– Zweiter Gefangener

 

Arnold Schönberg Chor

Chamber Orchestra of Europe

conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt

 

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* Teldec, 1999           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Berlin, Großer Sendesaal

Recording date : May-June 1999

 

Waltraud Meier

Plácido Domingo

René Pape

Kwangchul Youn

Falk Struckmann

Soile Isokoski

Werner Güra

Klaus Häger

– Leonore

– Florestan

– Rocco

– Don Fernando

– Don Pizarro

– Marzelline

– Jaquino

– Zweiter Gefangener

 

Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin

Staatskapelle Berlin

conducted by Daniel Barenboim

 

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* New York, Met

Performance : Saturday 06 January 2001

Broadcast : France Musiques, live

  

Karita Mattila

Ben Heppner

René Pape

James Morris

Sergei Leiferkus

Hei-Kyung Hong

Matthew Polenzani

Charles Castronovo

Alfred Walker

– Leonore

– Florestan

– Rocco

– Don Fernando

– Don Pizarro

– Marzelline

– Jaquino

– Erster Gefangener

– Zweiter Gefangener

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

conducted by James Levine

 

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* London, Royal Albert Hall

Concert performance : Thursday 16 August 2001

Broadcast : France Musiques, live

 

Charlotte Margiono

Kim Begley

Reinhard Hagen

Alan Opie

Steven Page

Lisa Milne

Timothy Robinson

James Elliott

Rodney Clarke

– Leonore

– Florestan

– Rocco

– Don Fernando

– Don Pizarro

– Marzelline

– Jaquino

– Erster Gefangener

– Zweiter Gefangener

 

The Glyndebourne Chorus

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

conducted by Simon Rattle

 

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* New York, Met

Performance : Saturday 07 December 2002

 

Waltraud Meier

Johan Botha

Matti Salminen

Alan Held

Richard Paul Fink

Hei-Kyung Hong

Paul Charles Clarke

Philippe Castagner

Patrick Carfizzi

– Leonore

– Florestan

– Rocco

– Don Fernando

– Don Pizarro

– Marzelline

– Jaquino

– Erster Gefangener

– Zweiter Gefangener

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

conducted by Peter Schneider

 

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* Salzburg, Großes Festspielhaus

Performance : Saturday 12 April 2003

Broadcast : France Musiques, Wednesday 30 April 2003

No spoken dialogue

 

Angela Denoke

Jon Villars

László Polgár

Thomas Quasthoff

Alan Held

Juliane Banse

Rainer Trost

– Leonore

– Florestan

– Rocco

– Don Fernando

– Don Pizarro

– Marzelline

– Jaquino

 

Arnold Schönberg Chor

Berliner Philharmoniker

conducted by Simon Rattle

 

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* Hamburg, Staasoper

Performance : Sunday 04 April 2004

Webcast : Radio Clasica, Saturday 31 December 2005

 

Susan Anthony

Hubert Delamboye

Hans-Peter König

Jan Buchwald

Falk Struckmann

Alexandra Kurzak

Christian Baumgärtel

Ho-yoon Chung

Wilhelm Schwinghammer

– Leonore

– Florestan

– Rocco

– Don Fernando

– Don Pizarro

– Marzelline

– Jaquino

– Erster Gefangener

– Zweiter Gefangener

 

Chor des Hamburgischen Staatsoper

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

conducted by Ingo Metzmacher

 

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* New York, Met

Performance : Saturday 01 April 2006

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Erika Sunnegårdh

Ben Heppner

Kristinn Sigmundsson

James Morris

Alan Held

Jennifer Welch-Babidge

Gregory Turay

Russell Thomas

John Shelhart

– Leonore

– Florestan

– Rocco

– Don Fernando

– Don Pizarro

– Marzelline

– Jaquino

– Erster Gefangener

– Zweiter Gefangener

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

conducted by Paul Nadler

 

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Leonore

Berlin Classics, 1976

Paris, 07 March 2005

 

* Berlin Classics, 1976           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Dresden, Lukaskirche

Recording date : May-June 1976

 

Edda Moser

Richard Cassily

Karl Ridderbusch

Hermann Christian Polster

Theo Adam

Helen Donath

Eberhard Büchner

Reiner Goldberg

Siegfried Lorenz

– Leonore

– Florestan

– Rocco

– Don Fernando

– Don Pizarro

– Marzelline

– Jaquino

– Erster Gefangener

– Zweiter Gefangener

 

Rundfunkchor Leipzig

Staatskapelle Dresden

conducted by Herbert Blomstedt

 

 

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* Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Concert performance : Monday 07 March 2005

Broadcast : France Musiques, Monday 02 May 2005

 

Franzita Whelan

Endrik Wottrich

Manfred Hemm

Robert Bork

Franz Hawlata

Martina Jankova

Matthias Klink

– Leonore

– Florestan

– Rocco

– Don Fernando

– Don Pizarro

– Marzelline

– Jaquino

 

Chœur du Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Mahler Chamber Orchestra

conducted by Marc Minkowski

 

 

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