Fidelio discography
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This is a partial discography of Fidelio, a Singspiel in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven had originally written a three-act version of the opera called Leonore, first performed in 1805 and then re-staged with revisions in 1806. Despite the name change, the heroine is the title character in both cases. Leonore disguises herself as a boy, Fidelio, in order to find out what has happened to her husband, Florestan, who is being illegally held by Pizarro, a prison governor. The other major characters are the gaoler Rocco and his daughter Marzelline.{{cite book|editor-last= Gruber|editor-first= Paul |title= The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera|publisher= W.W. Norton & Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CsGj12DnHLYC&dq=metropolitan+opera+guide+to+recorded|location= New York|year= 2003|isbn= 0-393-03444-5}}
Audio
Video
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!Year !Cast !Conductor, |
| 1963
|Christa Ludwig |Artur Rother |DVD: Encore |
| 1963
|Christa Ludwig |Karl Böhm |DVD: House of Opera |
| 1969
|Anja Silja |Leopold Ludwig |DVD: ArtHaus Musik |
| 1970
|Gwyneth Jones |Karl Böhm |DVD: Deutsche Grammophon |
| 1977
|Gundula Janowitz |Zubin Mehta |DVD: Better Opera |
| 1978
|Gundula Janowitz |Leonard Bernstein |DVD: Deutsche Grammophon |
| 1980
|Elisabeth Söderström |Bernard Haitink |DVD: ArtHaus Musik |
| 1989
|Elizabeth Connell |Jeffrey Tate |VHS: Lyric Distribution Incorporated |
| 1990
|Gabriela Beňačková |Christoph von Dohnányi |DVD: ArtHaus Musik |
| 2000
|Karita Mattila |James Levine |DVD: Deutsche Grammophon |
| 2004
|Camilla Nylund |Nikolaus Harnoncourt |DVD: TDK |
| 2020
|Lise Davidsen |Antonio Pappano |Blu-ray: Opus Arte |
Audio (1805 version)
This is a partial discography of Leonore, the 1805 original three-act version of the two-act opera Fidelio.
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!Year !Cast !Conductor, |
| 1960
|Hilde Zadek |Ferdinand Leitner |CD: Opera D'Oro |
| 1976
|Edda Moser |Herbert Blomstedt |CD: Berlin Classics |
| 1997
|Hillevi Martinpelto |John Eliot Gardiner |CD: Archiv |
| 2019
|Marlis Petersen |René Jacobs |CD: Harmonia Mundi France |
Audio (1806 version)
This is a discography of Leonore, the 1806 version of the two-act opera Fidelio.
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!Year !Cast !Conductor, |
| 1998
|Pamela Coburn |Marc Soustrot |CD: MDG |
References
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External links
- [http://www.lvbeethoven.com/Cedes/TheCds_Stage_Leonore_Fidelio.html Discography], LVBeethoven.com. Retrieved 19 January 2010.