Fidelio / the Metropolitan Opera presents ; [music] by Ludwig van Beethoven ; libretto by Joseph von Sonnleithner with revisions by Stephan von Breuning and Georg Friedrich Treitschke, after Jean-Nicholas Bouilly's Léonore, ou, L'amour conjugal ; a Metropolitan Opera television production ; director, Brian Large.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoHamburg : Deutsche Grammophon : Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp., [2003], ©2002.
Description1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorSonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835 librettist.
Other author/creatorBreuning, Stephan von, librettist.
Other author/creatorTreitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842 librettist.
Other author/creatorFlimm, Jürgen, 1941-2023 production personnel.
Other author/creatorIsrael, Robert, 1939- set designer.
Other author/creatorSchuler, Duane lighting designer.
Other author/creatorGerkan, Florence von costume designer.
Other author/creatorLarge, Brian director.
Other author/creatorMattila, Karita performer.
Other author/creatorWelch-Babidge, Jennifer performer.
Other author/creatorHeppner, Ben performer.
Other author/creatorPolenzani, Matthew performer.
Other author/creatorStruckmann, Falk, performer.
Other author/creatorPape, René performer.
Other author/creatorLloyd, Robert, 1940- performer.
Other author/creatorLevine, James, 1943-2021 conductor.
Other author/creatorBouilly, J. N. (Jean Nicolas), 1763-1842. Léonore.
Included WorkBeethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 Fidelio. (1814)
Other author/creatorMetropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Other author/creatorDeutsche Grammophon (Firm)
Partial contents Bonus: Picture gallery ("Fidelio" at the Met) -- Trailer.
Abstract A performance of Fidelio, Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera. The story dramatizes plight that befalls Florestan, the only political dissident brave enough to openly criticize the criminal misdeeds of governor Don Pizarro.
General noteOpera in two acts, .
General noteA Metropolitan Opera television production.
General noteProgram notes by Mike Ashman and synopsis both in English with French and German translations (23 p. : ports.) in container.
Access restrictionRegion code: 0 (worldwide).
CreditsProduction, Jürgen Flimm ; set designer, Robert Israel ; costume designer, Florence von Gerkan ; lighting designer, Duane Schuler ; video director, Brian Large.
Performer Karita Mattila (Leonore) ; Jennifer Welch-Babidge (Marzelline) ; Ben Heppner (Florestan) ; Matthew Polenzani (Jaquino) ; Falk Struckmann (Don Pizzaro) ; René Pape (Rocco) ; Robert Lloyd (Don Fernando) ; supporting soloists ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteFilmed at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, October 2000.
Technical detailsDVD; DTS 5.1; Dolby digital 5.1; PCM stereo; region 0 (worldwide).
LanguageSung in German; optional subtitles in German, English, French, Chinese, Spanish.
Genre/formFilmed operas.
Genre/formTelevised operas.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
UPC 044007305294
Publisher numberB0001417-09 Deutsche Grammophon
Publisher number073 052-9 Deutsche Grammophon

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