Research Catalog

Title

Fidelio [sound recording] : opera in two acts / Ludwig van Beethoven ; libretto by Josef Sonnleithner and Georg Friedrich Treitschke.

Author

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835.
• Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842.
• Silja, Anja.
• Brilioth, Helge.
• Dooley, William.
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Macurdy, John.
• Blegen, Judith.
• Castel, Nico.
• Goeke, Leo.
• Christopher, Russell.
• Sternberg, Harold.
• Wallat, Hans.
• Cross, Milton, 1897-1975.
• Downes, Edward, 1911-
• Crespin, Régine.
• Horne, Marilyn.
• Evans, Geraint, Sir.
• McCracken, James, 1926-
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast collection.

Description

on 5 sides of 3 sound cassettes (187 min.) : stereo., Dolby-B processed.

Series Statement

• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Mar. 11, 1972
• Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Mar. 11, 1972.

Uniform Title

• Fidelio (1806)
• Opera news on the air (Radio program)
• Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Fidelio (1806)

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Title from house program ; series title from Opera news.
• Durations: 2:28:54 (opera) ; 0:38:20 (synopses and features).
• Production notes and official cast list (6 p.) on file in the Rodgers and Hammerstein listening room.

Indexed In (note)

• Opera news

Event (note)

• Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 11, 1972.

Language (note)

• Sung in German.

Contents

side 1. Introduction and synopsis of act 1 (Milton Cross) ; Opera news on the air: Singers' roundtable (Edward Downes, Régine Crespin, Marilyn Hone, Geraint Evans, and James McCracken) ; Synopsis of act 2 (Cross) -- side 2. Blank -- side 3. Act 1 through Jetzt, Alter, hat es Eile! -- side 4. Act 1, conclusion -- side 5. Act 2 through O namenlose Freude -- side 6.Leonore Overture No.3 ; Act 2, conclusion ; Closing remarks (Cross).

Call Number

*LTCM 46 (F)

OCLC

NYPG84-R711

Author

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

Title

Fidelio [sound recording] : opera in two acts / Ludwig van Beethoven ; libretto by Josef Sonnleithner and Georg Friedrich Treitschke.

Playing Time

022854 003820

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Mar. 11, 1972

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network ; [broadcast of \Mar. 11, 1972.

Performer

Anja Silja (Leonore) ; Helge Brilioth (Florestan) ; William Dooley (Don Pizzaro) ; Paul Plishka (Don Fernando) ; John Macurdy (Rocco) ; Judith Blegen (Marzelline) ; Leo Goeke (Jacquino) ; Nico Castel (First Prisoner) ; Russell Christopher (Second Prisoner) ; Harold Sternberg (Captain of the Guard) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Hans Wallat, conductor ; Milton Cross, broadcast announcer.

Original Version

Re-recorded at NYPL, Apr., 1984, from borrowed copies (3 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo. ; 10 in.) of the original recording.

Indexed In:

Opera news, v. 36, no. 16 (Mar. 11, 1972).

Event

Originally recorded in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Mar. 11, 1972.

Language

Sung in German.

Added Author

Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835. Librettist

Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842. Librettist

Silja, Anja. Performer

Brilioth, Helge. Performer

Dooley, William. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Blegen, Judith. Performer

Castel, Nico. Performer

Goeke, Leo. Performer

Christopher, Russell. Performer

Sternberg, Harold. Performer

Wallat, Hans. Conductor

Cross, Milton, 1897-1975. Commentator

Downes, Edward, 1911- Commentator

Crespin, Régine. Commentator

Horne, Marilyn. Commentator

Evans, Geraint, Sir. Commentator

McCracken, James, 1926- Commentator

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Added Title

Opera news on the air (Radio program)

Metropolitan Opera Broadcast (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*LTCM 46 (F) (Production notes filed in listening room.)