At The Opera, Beethoven: Fidelio, July 25, 2015
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Fidelio is a German opera with spoken dialogue by Ludwig van Beethoven, his only opera. The German libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly and the work premiered in Vienna on November 20, 1805.
The opera tells how Leonore, disguised as a prison guard named "Fidelio", rescues her husband Florestan from death in a political prison. This live 1961 recording stars the late Jon Vickers. Otto Klemperer conducts.
8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
8:07 p.m.
Jon Vickers
Beethoven
Fidelio
Covent Garden; Otto Klemperer, conductor
10:42 p.m.
Korngold
Kprmgold
Der Ring des Polykrates, opera, Op 7: Tagesbuch der Laura
Gundula Janowitz
10:47 p.m.
Korngold
Korngold
Violanta, opera, Op. 8: Wie schön sied ihr
; Joseph Strobl, conductor Heinz Hoppe Tenor
10:57 p.m.
Llona Steingruber / Anton Dermota
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Die tote Stadt
; Erich Wolfgang Korngold, conductor Llona Steingruber / Anton Dermota
11:02 p.m.
Alfred Poell
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Die tote Stadt (The Dead City), opera, Op. 12: Mein sehnen, mein wähnen
; Erich Wolfgang Korngold, conductor Alfred Poell
11:06 p.m.
Korngold
Korngold
Das Wunder der Heliane, opera, Op. 20: Ich ging zu ihm
liona Steingruber
11:12 p.m.
Korngold
Die Kathrin, opera, Op. 28: Ich bin ein liedersänger
11:18 p.m.
Korngold
Die Kathrin, opera, Op. 28: Briefszene
11:30 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Otello: Gia nella notte
Philharmonia; Nello Santi, conductor Price/Domingo
11:41 p.m.
Domingo / Milnes
Bizet
Les pecheurs des perles: Au fond du temple saint
11:46 p.m.
Verdi
Il Trovatore: Se m'ami ancor ... Ai nostri monti
Tucker
11:50 p.m.
Price/Horne
Puccini
Madama Butterfly: Scuoti quella fronda (Flower Duet)
11:56 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
