Beethoven's Fidelio: Opera Feature Film (1956)

Product Details

• UPC: 9783941311022
• Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
• Genre: Opera
• Number of discs: 1
• Label: Arthaus Musik
• Release date: 2009 (original film release: 1956)

Product Specifications

• Sound Format: PCM Stereo
• Picture Format: 4:3 (Black and White)
• Language: German
• Subtitle Languages: German, English, French, Spanish
• Region Code: 0 (All Regions), NTSC
• Running Time: 115 minutes

Overview

Experience Beethoven's only opera, "Fidelio," in this captivating 1956 feature film directed by Walter Felsenstein. Based on the French text by Jean Nicolas Bouilly, the libretto was adapted by Joseph Sonnleithner, Stephan von Breuning, and Georg Friedrich Treitschke. The arrangement, text version, and script were created by Felsenstein and Hanns Eisler.

Featuring the Wiener Symphoniker and the Wiener Staatsoper Chorus, this black-and-white film brings Beethoven's masterpiece to life with a talented cast of singers and actors. The story follows Leonore, who disguises herself as a man named Fidelio to rescue her husband Florestan from political imprisonment.

Cast and Crew

• Artistic Supervisor and Direction: Walter Felsenstein
• Conductor: Fritz Lehmann
• Chorus Master: Hermann Lüddecke
• Director of Photography: Nicolaus Hayer
• Sceneries and Costumes: Rochus Gliese, Leo Metzenbauer
• Don Fernando: Erwin Gross, sung by Alfred Pöll; spoken by Hannes Schiel
• Florestan: Richard Holm
• Pizarro: Georg Wieter, spoken by Wolfgang Hebenstreit
• Leonore (Fidelio): Claude Nollier, sung by Magda László; spoken by Grete Zimmer
• Rocco: Michael Teller
• Marzelline: Sonja Schöner
• Jaquino: Fritz Berger
• First Prisoner: Harry Payer, sung by Les Rew
• Second Prisoner: Fest Equiloz, sung by Teller