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.

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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Other Authors: Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835 (Librettist)
Breuning, S. von (Stephan), 1894-1983
Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842
Flimm, Jürgen, 1941- (Production personnel)
Israel, Robert, 1939- (Designer)
Schuler, Duane (Designer)
Large, Brian (Director)
Mattila, Karita (Performer)
Welch-Babidge, Jennifer (Performer)
Heppner, Ben (Performer)
Polenzani, Matthew (Performer)
Struckmann, Falk (Performer)
Pape, René (Performer)
Lloyd, Robert, 1940- (Performer)
Levine, James, 1943-2021 (Conductor)
Bouilly, J. N. (Jean Nicolas), 1763-1842
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
Language:German
English
French
Spanish
Chinese
Language of the Original:
German
Language and/or Writing System:
Sung in German; optional subtitles in German, English, French, Chinese, Spanish.
Published: Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon : Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp., [2003], ©2002.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
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Physical Description:1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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