Fidelio discography
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.[1]
Audio recordings of Fidelio
| Year | Cast (Fidelio/Leonore, Florestan, Pizarro, Rocco, Marzelline) |
Conductor, opera house and/or orchestra |
Label[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Lotte Lehmann, Koloman von Pataky, Alfred Jerger, Anton Baumann, Luise Helletsgruber |
Arturo Toscanini, Salzburg Festspielchor, Vienna Philharmonic, Salzburg |
CD: (act one only) Radio Years, Grammophono |
| 1938 | Kirsten Flagstad, René Maison, Friedrich Schorr, Emanuel List, Marita Farell |
Artur Bodanzky, Metropolitan Opera, New York |
CD: Naxos Historical |
| 1943 | Hilde Konetzni, Torsten Ralf, Paul Schöffler, Herbert Alsen, Irmgard Seefried |
Karl Böhm, Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus |
Audio LP: Vox CD:Andante (Cat. No. 3090) |
| 1944 | Rose Bampton, Jan Peerce, Herbert Janssen, Sid Belarsky, |
Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Chorus |
CD: RCA Victor Cat. No. 60273 |
| 1948 | Erna Schlüter, Julius Patzak, Ferdinand Frantz, Herbert Alsen, Lisa Della Casa |
Wilhelm Furtwängler, Wiener Philharmoniker and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper (Live performance) |
CD: Melodram Cat. No. CDM 25009 |
| 1948 | Anna Bathy, Endre Rösler, Oszkár Maleczky, Mihály Székely, Mária Mátyás |
Otto Klemperer, Hungarian State Opera State Opera and Orchestra (Live performance) |
CD: Urania Cat. No. URN 22246 |
| 1950 | Kirsten Flagstad, Julius Patzak, Paul Schöffler, Josef Greindl, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf |
Wilhelm Furtwängler, Vienna Philharmonic and Chorus of the Vienna State Opera (Live recording at the Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 5 August 1950 |
CD: Regis Records Ltd Cat. No. RRC2048 |
| 1953 | Martha Mödl, Wolfgang Windgassen, Otto Edelmann, Gottlob Frick, Sena Jurinac |
Wilhelm Furtwängler, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus |
CD: EMI Cat. No. 64496 |
| 1956 | Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hopf, Paul Schöffler, Gottlob Frick, Ingeborg Wenglor |
Erich Kleiber, Chor und Orchester des Westdeutschen Rundfunks (Live recording) |
CD: Opera d'Oro Cat. No. OPD 1332 |
| 1957 | Leonie Rysanek, Ernst Haefliger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gottlob Frick, Irmgard Seefried |
Ferenc Fricsay, Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat. No. DG 453106-2 |
| 1957 | Gladys Kuchta, Julius Patzak, Heinz Rehfuss, Karl Kümmel, Melitta Muszely |
Carl Bamberger, North German Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Nonesuch Records |
| 1957 | Christel Goltz, Giuseppe Zampieri, Paul Schöffler, Otto Edelmann Sena Jurinac |
Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic and chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper. (Live recording) |
CD: Orfeo Cat. No. C 7710821 |
| 1958 | Gré Brouwenstijn, Hans Hopf, Paul Schöffler, Arnold van Mill, Olga Chelavine |
Thomas Beecham, Orchestra and chorus of the Teatro Colón (Live recording) |
CD: Legato Classics Cat. No. LCD 226-2 |
| 1960 | Galina Vishnevskaya, Georgi Nelepp, Aleksey Petrovich Ivanov, Nikolai Shchelgolkov, Irina Maslennikova |
Alexander Melik-Pashayev, Orchestra and chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre |
CD: Audio Encyclopedia Cat. No. AE 207 |
| 1961 | Sena Jurinac, Jan Peerce, Gustav Neidlinger, Dezsö Ernster, Maria Stader |
Hans Knappertsbusch, Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Westminster Cat. No. 471 204-2 |
| 1961 | Sena Jurinac, Jon Vickers, Hans Hotter, Gottlob Frick, Elsie Morrison |
Otto Klemperer, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra and Chorus (Live performance recording) |
CD: Testament Cat. No. SBT2 1328 |
| 1962 | Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Walter Berry, Gottlob Frick, Ingeborg Hallstein |
Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus |
CD: EMI Cat. No. 67361 |
| 1962 | Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Walter Berry, Walter Kreppel, Gundula Janowitz |
Herbert von Karajan, live Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording of May performance) |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat. No. 477 7364 |
| 1963 | Christa Ludwig, James King, Gustav Neidlinger, Josef Greindl, Lisa Otto |
Karl Böhm, Orchestra and chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin (Live recording) |
CD: Canyon Classics Cat. No. PCCL 00060 |
| 1964 | Birgit Nilsson, James McCracken, Tom Krause, Kurt Böhme, Graziella Sciutti |
Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus |
CD: Decca Cat. No. 448104 |
| 1969 | Christa Ludwig, James King, Ingvar Wixell, Franz Crass, Edith Mathis |
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording, August performance at the Salzburg Festival) |
CD: Opera d’Oro Cat. No. 1380 |
| 1969 | Gwyneth Jones, James King, Theo Adam, Franz Crass, Edith Mathis |
Karl Böhm, Staatskapelle Dresden Orchestra and Dresden Opera Chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat. No. DG 477 5584 |
| 1970 | Gwyneth Jones, James King, Theo Adam, Franz Crass, Lucia Popp |
Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording, June performance at the Vienna State Opera) |
CD: Opera Depot Cat. No. OD 10175-2 |
| 1970 | Helga Dernesch, Jon Vickers, Zoltan Kelemen, José van Dam, Helen Donath |
Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus |
CD: EMI Cat. No. CMS 7 69290-2 |
| 1976 | Teresa Kubiak, Jon Vickers, Donald Gramm, Mac Morgan, Magdelena Falewicz |
Sarah Caldwell, Boston Opera Orchestra and Chorus and Harvard Glee Club (Live recording) |
CD: VAI Cat. No. VAIA 1222-2 |
| 1978 | Gundula Janowitz, René Kollo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hans Sotin, Lucia Popp |
Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna State Opera Chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat. No. 526702 |
| 1978 | Hildegard Behrens, James King, Donald McIntyre, Kurt Moll Lucia Popp |
Karl Böhm, Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Premiere Opera Ltd Cat. No. CDNO 1142-2 |
| 1979 | Hildegard Behrens, Peter Hofmann, Theo Adam, Hans Sotin, Sonia Ghazarian |
Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus |
Decca Cat. No. 410227 |
| 1982 | Jeannine Altmeyer, Siegfried Jerusalem, Siegmund Nimsgern, Peter Meven Carola Nossek |
Kurt Masur. Leipziger Gewandhaus Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Eurodisc Cat. No. GK 69030 |
| 1989 | Jessye Norman, Reiner Goldberg, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Kurt Moll, Pamela Coburn, |
Bernard Haitink, Dresden Staatskapelle, Dresden State Opera Chorus |
CD: Philips Cat. No. 426308 |
| 1990 | Gabriele Schnaut, Josef Protschka, Hartmut Welker, Kurt Rydl, Ruth Ziesak |
Christoph von Dohnányi, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus |
CD: Decca Cat. No. 436627 |
| 1994 | Chaltotte Margiano, Peter Seiffert, László Polgár, Sergei Leiferkus, Barbara Bonney |
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Arnold Schoenberg Choir |
CD: Teldec Cat. No. 994560 |
| 1995 | Deborah Voigt, Ben Heppner, Günter von Kannen, Matthias Hölle, Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz |
Colin Davis, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: BMG-RCA Victor Cat. No. 09026 68344-2 |
| 1997 | Gabriela Beňačková, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Franz-Josef Kapellmann, Siegfried Vogel, Ildiko Vogel |
Charles Mackerras, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus |
CD: Teldarc Cat. No. 80439 |
| 1999 | Waltraud Meier, Plácido Domingo, Falk Struckmann, René Pape, Soile Isokoski |
Daniel Barenboim, Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra and Deutsche Oper Chorus |
CD: Teldec Cat. No. 3984 25249-2 |
| 2003 | Angela Denoke, Jon Villars, Alan Held, László Polgár Juliane Banse |
Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic and Arnold Schoenberg Choir |
CD: EMI Cat. No. 0724355755520 |
| 2006 | Christine Brewer, John MacMaster, Juha Uusitalo, Kristinn Sigmundsson, Sally Matthews |
Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording, May performances) |
CD: LSO Live Cat. No. 0593 |
| 2011 | Nina Stemme, Jonas Kaufmann, Falk Struckmann, Christof Fischesser, Rachel Harnisch |
Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Arnold Schoenberg Choir |
CD: Decca Cat. No. 0289 478 2551 7 |
Video recordings of Fidelio
| Year | Cast (Leonore, Florestan, Pizarro, Rocco) |
Conductor, opera house and/or orchestra |
Label[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Christa Ludwig, James King, Walter Berry, Josef Greindl |
Artur Rother, Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording) |
DVD: Encore Cat. No. 2009 |
| 1963 | Christa Ludwig, James King, Gustav Neidlinger, Josef Greindl |
Karl Böhm, Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording) |
DVD: House of Opera Cat. No. DVDM 299 |
| 1968 | Anja Silja, Richard Cassilly, Theo Adam, Hans Sotin |
Leopold Ludwig, Hamburg State Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
Arthaus Cat. No. 101 275 |
| 1970 | Dame Gwyneth Jones, James King, Gustav Neidlinger, Josef Greindl |
Karl Böhm, Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus (Film soundtrack, 1969; filmed 1970) |
Deutsche Grammophon Cat. No. 073 4438 |
| 1977 | Gundula Janowitz, Jon Vickers, Theo Adam, William Wilderman |
Zubin Mehta, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording at the Chorégies d'Orange) |
DVD: Better Opera Cat. No. OMD 005 |
| 1978 | Gundula Janowitz, René Kollo, Hans Sotin, Manfred Jungwirth |
Leonard Bernstein, Vienna State Opera Orchesttra and Chorus (Live recording, January performance) |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat. No. 073 4159 |
| 1980 | Elisabeth Söderström, Anton De Ridder, Robert Allman, Curt Applegren |
Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (Live recording, 13 January performance) |
Arthaus Cat. No. 101 099 |
| 1989 | Elizabeth Connell, Thomas Moser Siegmund Nimsgern, Hans Tschammer |
Jeffrey Tate, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Chorus of the Grand Théâtre de Genève (Live recording at the Grand Théâtre, May performance) |
VHS: Lyric Distribution Incorporated, Cat. No. 8197 |
| 1990 | Gabriela Beňačková, Josef Protschka, Monte Pederson, Robert Lloyd |
Christoph von Dohnányi, Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus, London |
Arthaus Cat. No. 100 075 |
| 2000 | Karita Mattila, Ben Heppner, Falk Struckmann, René Pape |
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, New York (Live recording, October performance) |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat. No. 073 052-9 |
| 2004 | Camilla Nylund, Jonas Kaufmann, Alfred Muff, László Polgár |
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Zürich Opera Orchestra and Chorus (Live recording, 15 February performance) |
DVD: TDK Cat. No. DV-OPFID (Europe); DVUS-OPFID (US) |
Audio recordings of Leonore (1805 version)
This is a partial discography of Leonore, the 1805 original three-act version of the two-act opera Fidelio.
| Year | Cast: (Fidelio/Leonore, Florestan, Pizarro, Rocco, Marzelline) |
Conductor, opera house and/or orchestra |
Label[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Hilde Zadek, Anton Dermota, Alfred Pfeifel, Paul Schöffler, Gerda Schreyer |
Ferdinand Leitner, Vienna Philharmonic and Bregenz Festival Chorus (Vienna State Opera production) |
CD: Opera D'Oro Cat. No. OPD 1210 |
| 1976 | Edda Moser, Richard Cassilly, Karl Ridderbusch, Theo Adam, Helen Donath |
Herbert Blomstedt, Staatskapelle Dresden and Leipzig Radio Chorus |
CD: Berlin Classics Cat. No. 11402BC |
| 1997 | Hillevi Martinpelto, Kim Begley, Matthew Best, Franz Hawlata, Christiane Oelze |
John Eliot Gardiner, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and Monteverdi Choir |
CD: Archiv Cat. No. 0453 461-2 |
Audio recordings of Leonore (1806 version)
This is a discography of Leonore, the 1806 version of the two-act opera Fidelio.
| Year | Cast: (Fidelio/Leonore, Florestan, Pizarro, Rocco, Marzelline) |
Conductor, opera house and/or orchestra |
Label[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Pamela Coburn, Mark Baker, Philippe Lafont, Victor von Halem, Christine Barbaux |
Marc Soustrot, Bonn Beethovenhalle Orchestra, Cologne Radio Chorus |
CD: MD&G Cat. No. MDG3370826 |
References
- ↑ Gruber, Paul (ed.) (2003). The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-03444-5.
- 1 2 3 4 Recording details for Fidelio on Operadis online. Retrieved 28 March 2014
External links
- Amazon discography, accessed 14 May 2009
- Discography on L V Beethoven.com Retrieved 19 January 2010
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