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Beethoven's only opera tells the story of how Leonore, disguised as a prison guard named Fidelio, rescues her husband Florestan from death in a political prison.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
Corporate Authors: Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus, Deutsche Grammophon (Firm), Universal Music & Video Distribution
Other Authors: Large, Brian (Director), Flimm, Jürgen, 1941- (Production personnel), Levine, James, 1943-2021 (Conductor), Hughes, Raymond (Conductor), Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835 (Librettist), Breuning, Stephan von (Librettist), Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842 (Librettist), Mattila, Karita (Performer), Welch-Babidge, Jennifer (Performer), Heppner, Ben (Performer), Polenzani, Matthew (Performer), Struckmann, Falk (Performer), Pape, René (Performer), Lloyd, Robert, 1940- (Performer), Bouilly, J. N. (Jean Nicolas), 1763-1842
Format: Video DVD
Language:German
Language Notes:Sung in German, with optional subtitles in German, English, French, Spanish, and Chinese.
Published: Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon ; [2003]
Subjects:
Operas.
Music > Performance > Videodisc.
Filmed operas.
Description
Summary:Beethoven's only opera tells the story of how Leonore, disguised as a prison guard named Fidelio, rescues her husband Florestan from death in a political prison.
Item Description:Opera in two acts, after Jean-Nicholas Bouilly's Léonore, ou L'amour conjugal.
Aspect ratio 4:3.
Accompanying booklet contains program notes by Mike Ashman and synopsis both in English with French and German translations.
Special features: Picture gallery ("Fidelio" at the Met) -- Trailer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.)
Format:DVD; region 0; DTS 5.1, Dolby digital 5.1, and PCM stereo.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Production, Jürgen Flimm ; set designer, Robert Israel ; costume designer, Florence von Gerkan ; lighting design, Duane Schuler ; editor, Gary Bradley ; camera, Miguel Armstrong ... [et al.].