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Leonora, wife of Florestan, a revolutionary Spanish nobleman, schemes to free her husband who has been imprisoned and sentence to death for criticizing Governor Don Pizarro.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Deutsche Oper Berlin. Chor (Performer), Deutsche Oper Berlin (Producer), Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH (Producer), Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)
Other Authors:	Jones, Gwyneth, 1936- (Performer), King, James (Performer), Neidlinger, Gustav, 1910-1991 (Performer), Greindl, Josef (Performer), Miljakovic, Olivera, 1939- (Performer), Grobe, Donald (Performer), Böhm, Karl, 1894-1981 (Conductor), Gräwe, Karl Dietrich, 1937-, Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835 (Librettist), Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842 (Librettist), Sellner, Gustav Rudolf (Producer), Bouilly, J. N. (Jean Nicolas), 1763-1842
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	German
Language Notes:	Sung in German with optional subtitles in German, English, French, Castellano, And Chinese.
Published:	[Hamburg] : Deutsche Grammophon, [2008]
Subjects:	Operas. Music > Performance > Videodisc. Filmed operas.

Description
Summary:	Leonora, wife of Florestan, a revolutionary Spanish nobleman, schemes to free her husband who has been imprisoned and sentence to death for criticizing Governor Don Pizarro.
Item Description:	Opera in two acts. Based on Lénore by J.N. Bouilly. Program notes by Karl Dietrich Gräwe and synopsis in English, German, and French inserted in container. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; NTSC; region code 0; PCM stereo, DTS 5.1.
Production Credits:	Video director and camera, Ernst Wild ; staged by Gustav Rudolf Sellner ; set and costume design, Wilhelm Reinking.