Beethoven: Fidelio – Ludwig, Adam, Cassilly, Sotin, Marschner, Popp, Silja, Wiemann, Wohlfahrt, Workman, Staatsoper Hamburg

About this event

If not at the beginning of the opera, then surely with the well-known prisoner chorus “O welche Wonne!” everybody will recognise the outstanding quality of this Fidelio. Leonore’s “Töt erst sein Weib!”, sung by the soprano Anja Silja, is only one out of many deep emotional moments of this studio production of the Hamburg State Opera, recorded in 1968 under the artistic direction by Rolf Liebermann. This very natural set and unostentatious production goes without any wrong pathos and lives through its simple beauty, strong emotions and great musical moments. A reunion with great opera stars: Anja Silja as Leonore, Lucia Popp as Marzelline, Richard Cassilly as Florestan, Hans Sotin as Don Fernando and Theo Adam as Don Pizarro.

Repertoire

Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio op. 72 (Vienna 1814)

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Recording Information

Duration: approx. 115 minutes.

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