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

Uniform Title:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
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.
Subjects:	Operas. Filmed performances.
Genre:	Operas. Filmed performances.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD