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This is a partial discography of Fidelio, a Singspiel in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven had originally written a three-act version of the opera called Leonore, first performed in 1805 and then re-staged with revisions in 1806. Despite the name change, the heroine is the title character in both cases. Leonore disguises herself as a boy, Fidelio, in order to find out what has happened to her husband, Florestan, who is being illegally held by Pizarro, a prison governor. The other major characters are the gaoler Rocco and his daughter Marzelline.[1]

Audio recordings of Fidelio

Year Cast
(Fidelio/Leonore,
Florestan, Pizarro,
Rocco, Marzelline) 		Conductor,
opera house and/or orchestra 		Label[2]
1936 Lotte Lehmann,
Koloman von Pataky,
Alfred Jerger,
Anton Baumann,
Luise Helletsgruber 		Arturo Toscanini,
Salzburg Festspielchor, Vienna Philharmonic, Salzburg 		CD: (act one only) Radio Years, Grammophono
1938 Kirsten Flagstad,
René Maison,
Friedrich Schorr,
Emanuel List,
Marita Farell 		Artur Bodanzky,
Metropolitan Opera, New York City 		CD: Naxos Historical
1943 Hilde Konetzni,
Torsten Ralf,
Paul Schöffler,
Herbert Alsen,
Irmgard Seefried 		Karl Böhm,
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus 		Audio LP: Vox
CD:Andante (Cat. No. 3090)
1944 Rose Bampton,
Jan Peerce,
Herbert Janssen,

Sid Belarsky,
Eleanor Steber

Arturo Toscanini,
NBC Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Chorus 		CD: RCA Victor
Cat. No. 60273
1948 Erna Schlüter,
Julius Patzak,
Ferdinand Frantz,
Herbert Alsen,
Lisa Della Casa 		Wilhelm Furtwängler,
Wiener Philharmoniker and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper
(Live performance) 		CD: Melodram
Cat. No. CDM 25009
1948 Anna Bathy,
Endre Rösler,
Oszkár Maleczky,
Mihály Székely,
Mária Mátyás 		Otto Klemperer,
Hungarian State Opera State Opera and Orchestra
(Live performance) 		CD: Urania
Cat. No. URN 22246
1950 Kirsten Flagstad,
Julius Patzak,
Paul Schöffler,
Josef Greindl,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf 		Wilhelm Furtwängler,
Vienna Philharmonic and Chorus of the Vienna State Opera
(Live recording at the Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 5 August 1950 		CD: Regis Records Ltd
Cat. No. RRC2048
1953 Martha Mödl,
Wolfgang Windgassen,
Otto Edelmann,
Gottlob Frick,
Sena Jurinac 		Wilhelm Furtwängler,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus 		CD: EMI
Cat. No. 64496
1956 Birgit Nilsson,
Hans Hopf,
Paul Schöffler,
Gottlob Frick,
Ingeborg Wenglor 		Erich Kleiber,
Chor und Orchester des Westdeutschen Rundfunks
(Live recording) 		CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat. No. OPD 1332
1957 Leonie Rysanek,
Ernst Haefliger,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Gottlob Frick,
Irmgard Seefried 		Ferenc Fricsay,
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and chorus 		CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat. No. DG 453106-2
1957 Gladys Kuchta,
Julius Patzak,
Heinz Rehfuss,
Karl Kümmel,
Melitta Muszely 		Carl Bamberger,
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus 		CD: Nonesuch Records
1957 Christel Goltz,
Giuseppe Zampieri,
Paul Schöffler,
Otto Edelmann
Sena Jurinac 		Herbert von Karajan,
Vienna Philharmonic and chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper.
(Live recording) 		CD: Orfeo
Cat. No. C 7710821
1958 Gré Brouwenstijn,
Hans Hopf,
Paul Schöffler,
Arnold van Mill,
Olga Chelavine 		Thomas Beecham,
Orchestra and chorus of the Teatro Colón
(Live recording) 		CD: Legato Classics
Cat. No. LCD 226-2
1960 Galina Vishnevskaya,
Georgi Nelepp,
Aleksey Petrovich Ivanov,
Nikolai Shchelgolkov,
Irina Maslennikova 		Alexander Melik-Pashayev,
Orchestra and chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre 		CD: Audio Encyclopedia
Cat. No. AE 207
1961 Sena Jurinac,
Jan Peerce,
Gustav Neidlinger,
Dezsö Ernster,
Maria Stader 		Hans Knappertsbusch,
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus 		CD: Westminster
Cat. No. 471 204-2
1961 Sena Jurinac,
Jon Vickers,
Hans Hotter,
Gottlob Frick,
Elsie Morrison 		Otto Klemperer,
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra and Chorus
(Live performance recording) 		CD: Testament
Cat. No. SBT2 1328
1962 Christa Ludwig,
Jon Vickers,
Walter Berry,
Gottlob Frick,
Ingeborg Hallstein 		Otto Klemperer,
Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus 		CD: EMI
Cat. No. 67361
1962 Christa Ludwig,
Jon Vickers,
Walter Berry,
Walter Kreppel,
Gundula Janowitz 		Herbert von Karajan, live
Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recording of May performance) 		CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat. No. 477 7364
1963 Christa Ludwig,
James King,
Gustav Neidlinger,
Josef Greindl,
Lisa Otto 		Karl Böhm,
Orchestra and chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
(Live recording) 		CD: Canyon Classics
Cat. No. PCCL 00060
1964 Birgit Nilsson,
James McCracken,
Tom Krause,
Kurt Böhme,
Graziella Sciutti 		Lorin Maazel,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus 		CD: Decca
Cat. No. 448104
1969 Christa Ludwig,
James King,
Ingvar Wixell,
Franz Crass,
Edith Mathis 		Karl Böhm,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recording, August performance at the Salzburg Festival) 		CD: Opera d’Oro
Cat. No. 1380
1969 Gwyneth Jones,
James King,
Theo Adam,
Franz Crass,
Edith Mathis 		Karl Böhm,
Staatskapelle Dresden Orchestra and Dresden Opera Chorus
 CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat. No. DG 477 5584
1970 Gwyneth Jones,
James King,
Theo Adam,
Franz Crass,
Lucia Popp 		Leonard Bernstein,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recording, June performance at the Vienna State Opera) 		CD: Opera Depot
Cat. No. OD 10175-2
1970 Helga Dernesch,
Jon Vickers,
Zoltan Kelemen,
José van Dam,
Helen Donath 		Herbert von Karajan,
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus 		CD: EMI
Cat. No. CMS 7 69290-2
1976 Teresa Kubiak,
Jon Vickers,
Donald Gramm,
Mac Morgan,
Magdelena Falewicz 		Sarah Caldwell,
Boston Opera Orchestra and Chorus and Harvard Glee Club
(Live recording) 		CD: VAI
Cat. No. VAIA 1222-2
1978 Gundula Janowitz,
René Kollo,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Hans Sotin,
Lucia Popp 		Leonard Bernstein,
Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna State Opera Chorus 		CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat. No. 526702
1978 Hildegard Behrens,
James King,
Donald McIntyre,
Kurt Moll
Lucia Popp 		Karl Böhm,
Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus 		CD: Premiere Opera Ltd
Cat. No. CDNO 1142-2
1979 Hildegard Behrens,
Peter Hofmann,
Theo Adam,
Hans Sotin,
Sonia Ghazarian 		Georg Solti,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus 		Decca
Cat. No. 410227
1982 Jeannine Altmeyer,
Siegfried Jerusalem,
Siegmund Nimsgern,
Peter Meven
Carola Nossek 		Kurt Masur.
Leipziger Gewandhaus Orchestra and Chorus 		CD: Eurodisc
Cat. No. GK 69030
1989 Jessye Norman,
Reiner Goldberg,
Ekkehard Wlaschiha,
Kurt Moll,
Pamela Coburn, 		Bernard Haitink,
Dresden Staatskapelle, Dresden State Opera Chorus 		CD: Philips
Cat. No. 426308
1990 Gabriele Schnaut,
Josef Protschka,
Hartmut Welker,
Kurt Rydl,
Ruth Ziesak 		Christoph von Dohnányi,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus 		CD: Decca
Cat. No. 436627
1994 Chaltotte Margiano,
Peter Seiffert,
László Polgár,
Sergei Leiferkus,
Barbara Bonney 		Nikolaus Harnoncourt,
Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Arnold Schoenberg Choir 		CD: Teldec
Cat. No. 994560
1995 Deborah Voigt,
Ben Heppner,
Günter von Kannen,
Matthias Hölle,
Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz 		Colin Davis,
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus 		CD: BMG-RCA Victor
Cat. No. 09026 68344-2
1997 Gabriela Beňačková,
Anthony Rolfe Johnson,
Franz-Josef Kapellmann,
Siegfried Vogel,
Ildiko Vogel 		Charles Mackerras,
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus 		CD: Teldarc
Cat. No. 80439
1999 Waltraud Meier,
Plácido Domingo,
Falk Struckmann,
René Pape,
Soile Isokoski 		Daniel Barenboim,
Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra and Deutsche Oper Chorus 		CD: Teldec
Cat. No. 3984 25249-2
2003 Angela Denoke,
Jon Villars,
Alan Held,
László Polgár
Juliane Banse 		Simon Rattle,
Berlin Philharmonic and Arnold Schoenberg Choir 		CD: EMI
Cat. No. 0724355755520
2006 Christine Brewer,
John MacMaster,
Juha Uusitalo,
Kristinn Sigmundsson,
Sally Matthews 		Colin Davis,
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recording, May performances) 		CD: LSO Live
Cat. No. 0593
2011 Nina Stemme,
Jonas Kaufmann,
Falk Struckmann,
Christof Fischesser,
Rachel Harnisch 		Claudio Abbado,
Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Arnold Schoenberg Choir 		CD: Decca
Cat. No. 0289 478 2551 7

Video recordings of Fidelio

Year Cast
(Leonore,
Florestan,
Pizarro,
Rocco) 		Conductor,
opera house and/or orchestra 		Label[2]
1963 Christa Ludwig,
James King,
Walter Berry,
Josef Greindl 		Artur Rother,
Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recording) 		DVD: Encore
Cat. No. 2009
1963 Christa Ludwig,
James King,
Gustav Neidlinger,
Josef Greindl 		Karl Böhm,
Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recording) 		DVD: House of Opera
Cat. No. DVDM 299
1968 Anja Silja,
Richard Cassilly,
Theo Adam,
Hans Sotin 		Leopold Ludwig,
Hamburg State Opera Orchestra and Chorus
 Arthaus
Cat. No. 101 275
1970 Dame Gwyneth Jones,
James King,
Gustav Neidlinger,
Josef Greindl 		Karl Böhm,
Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus
(Film soundtrack, 1969; filmed 1970) 		Deutsche Grammophon
Cat. No. 073 4438
1977 Gundula Janowitz,
Jon Vickers,
Theo Adam,
William Wilderman 		Zubin Mehta,
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recording at the Chorégies d'Orange) 		DVD: Better Opera
Cat. No. OMD 005
1978 Gundula Janowitz,
René Kollo,
Hans Sotin,
Manfred Jungwirth 		Leonard Bernstein,
Vienna State Opera Orchesttra and Chorus
(Live recording, January performance) 		DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat. No. 073 4159
1980 Elisabeth Söderström,
Anton De Ridder,
Robert Allman,
Curt Applegren 		Bernard Haitink,
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
(Live recording, 13 January performance) 		Arthaus
Cat. No. 101 099
1989 Elizabeth Connell,
Thomas Moser
Siegmund Nimsgern,
Hans Tschammer 		Jeffrey Tate,
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Chorus of the Grand Théâtre de Genève
(Live recording at the Grand Théâtre, May performance) 		VHS: Lyric Distribution Incorporated,
Cat. No. 8197
1990 Gabriela Beňačková,
Josef Protschka,
Monte Pederson,
Robert Lloyd 		Christoph von Dohnányi,
Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus, London 		Arthaus
Cat. No. 100 075
2000 Karita Mattila,
Ben Heppner,
Falk Struckmann,
René Pape 		James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, New York
(Live recording, October performance) 		DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat. No. 073 052-9
2004 Camilla Nylund,
Jonas Kaufmann,
Alfred Muff,
László Polgár 		Nikolaus Harnoncourt,
Zürich Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Live recording, 15 February performance) 		DVD: TDK
Cat. No. DV-OPFID (Europe); DVUS-OPFID (US)

Audio recordings of Leonore (1805 version)

This is a partial discography of Leonore, the 1805 original three-act version of the two-act opera Fidelio.

Year Cast:
(Fidelio/Leonore,
Florestan,
Pizarro,
Rocco,
Marzelline) 		Conductor,
opera house and/or orchestra 		Label[2]
1960 Hilde Zadek,
Anton Dermota,
Alfred Pfeifel,
Paul Schöffler,
Gerda Schreyer 		Ferdinand Leitner,
Vienna Philharmonic and Bregenz Festival Chorus
(Vienna State Opera production) 		CD: Opera D'Oro
Cat. No. OPD 1210
1976 Edda Moser,
Richard Cassilly,
Karl Ridderbusch,
Theo Adam,
Helen Donath 		Herbert Blomstedt,
Staatskapelle Dresden and Leipzig Radio Chorus 		CD: Berlin Classics
Cat. No. 11402BC
1997 Hillevi Martinpelto,
Kim Begley,
Matthew Best,
Franz Hawlata,
Christiane Oelze 		John Eliot Gardiner,
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and Monteverdi Choir 		CD: Archiv
Cat. No. 0453 461-2

Audio recordings of Leonore (1806 version)

This is a discography of Leonore, the 1806 version of the two-act opera Fidelio.

Year Cast:
(Fidelio/Leonore,
Florestan,
Pizarro,
Rocco,
Marzelline) 		Conductor,
opera house and/or orchestra 		Label[2]
1998 Pamela Coburn,
Mark Baker,
Philippe Lafont,
Victor von Halem,
Christine Barbaux 		Marc Soustrot,
Bonn Beethovenhalle Orchestra, Cologne Radio Chorus 		CD: MD&G
Cat. No. MDG3370826

References

  1. ^ Gruber, Paul (ed.) (2003). The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-03444-5. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ a b c d Recording details for Fidelio on Operadis online. Retrieved 28 March 2014
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