Fidelio / TDK ; Bel Air Media ; Opernhaus Zürich und Ïncentive Asset Management AG zeigen Oper in zwei Aufzügen von Ludwig van Beethoven ; libretto, Joseph Sonnleithner, Friedrich Treitschke nach Jean Nicolas Bouilly ; Inszenierung, Jürgen Flimm ; Produzent, François Duplat ; Regie, Felix Breisach.
Opera in two acts, after Jean-Nicholas Bouilly's Léonore, ou l'amour conjugal. Camilla Nylund, Jonas Kaufmann, Alfred Muff, László Pólgár, Elizabeth Rae Magnuson, Christoph Strehl, Günther Groissböck, Bogusław Bidziński, Gabriel Bermúdez ; Orchester der Oper Zürich, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor ; Chor des Opernhauses Zurich, Ernst Raffelsberger, chorus master. Recorded live at the Opernhaus Zurich, February 15, 2004.
Summary:
Beethoven's only opera Fidelio never ceases to fascinate audiences with its spellbinding story of true love. This production is the outstanding result of the teamwork of the orchestra and chorus of the Zurich opera with a cast of magnificent actors.
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