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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:	Felix Breisach Medienwerkstatt (Producer), Opernhaus Zürich (Producer, Performer), Opernhaus Zürich. Chor (Performer), Opernhaus Zürich. Orchester (Performer), Opus Arte (Firm)
Other Authors:	Breisach, Felix (Director), Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835 (Librettist), Breuning, Stephan von (Librettist), Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842 (Librettist), Lühning, Helga (Editor), Didion, Robert (Editor), Haitink, Bernard, 1929- (Conductor, Musical director), Thalbach, Katharina, 1954-, Álvarez Rilla, Ángela (Producer), Stražanac, Krešimir, 1983- (Performer), Gallo, Lucio (Performer), Saccà, Roberto, 1961- (Performer), Diener, Melanie, 1967- (Performer), Muff, Alfred (Performer), Trattnigg, Sandra (Performer), Strehl, Christoph (Performer), Bidziński, Bogusław (Performer), Moody, Morgan (Performer), Küster, Michael Richard, Bouilly, J. N. (Jean Nicolas), 1763-1842
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	German
Language Notes:	Sung in German with optional subtitles in English, French, German, and Spanish.
Published:	Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex, U.K. : Opus Arte, [2010]
Subjects:	Operas. Televised operas. Filmed operas. Nonfiction films. Feature films.

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:	Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Performer: Boguslaw Bidzinski, Sandra Trattnigg, Melanie Diener, Lucio Gallo, Kresimir Strazanac, Roberto Saccà, Alfred Muff, Christoph Strehl, Morgan Moody "The text can be traced back to Léonore, ou L'Amour conjugal by Jean Nicolas Bouilly."--Booklet, page 8. DVD includes illustrated synopsis and cast gallery. Booklet (23 pages ; col. ill.) with program notes by Michael Richard Küster in English, French, and German inserted in container. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; NTSC, all regions; aspect ratio 16:9 anamorphic screen picture format; LPCM stereo or DTS digital surround sound.
Production Credits:	Stage director, Katharina Thalbach ; set designer, Ezio Toffolutti ; musical director, Bernard Haitink.