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Author/Creator:

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

Contributors:

Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835 , librettist

Breuning, Stephan von , librettist

Bouilly, J. N. (Jean Nicolas), 1763-1842

Miles, Alastair , singer

Best, Matthew, 1957- , singer

Begley, Kim , singer

Martinpelto, Hillevi, 1958- , singer

Hawlata, Franz , singer

Oelze, Christiane , singer

Schade, Michael , singer

Bantzer, Christoph , narrator

Gardiner, John Eliot , conductor

Monteverdi Choir , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Orchestre révolutionnaire et romantique , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

German
English

Language Notes:

Sung in German.

Main Work:

Fidelio [by Beethoven, L.v.] > (1805)

Related Works:

Léonore [by Bouilly, J.N.]

Subjects:

Operas

Performers:

Alastair Miles, Matthew Best, Kim Begley, Hillevi Martinpelto, Franz Hawlata, Christiane Oelze, Michael Schade, other soloists ; Christoph Bantzer, narrator ; Monteverdi Choir ; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, on authentic instruments ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.

General Notes:

c.2 from the collection of Ronald and Mary Beth Williams.
Archiv Produktion: 453 461-2 (453 462-2--453 463-2)
Opera in 3 acts (the 1st version of Fidelio); libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner and Stephan von Breuning, after Jean-Nicolas Bouilly.
Recorded Sept. 1996, the Colosseum, Watford.
Notes by John Eliot Gardiner and Nicholas McNair, and libretto with English translation (93 p. : ill.) included.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs (139 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 76362- 76363

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 2894534612
Publisher Number, Archiv Produktion: 453 461-2 (453 462-2--453 463-2)
Publisher Number, Archiv Produktion: 453 462-2--453 463-2

OCLC Numbers:

38049683