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Beethoven - Fidelio | Orfeo - Orfeo d'Or C771082

Beethoven - Fidelio

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Label: Orfeo - Orfeo d'Or

Cat No: C771082

Barcode: 4011790771229

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 26th August 2008

Contents

Artists

Giuseppe Zampieri
Christel Goltz
Otto Edelmann
Sena Jurinac
Niccola Zaccaria
Paul Schoffler
Waldemar Kmentt
Erich Majkut
Walter Berry
Vienna Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor

Herbert von Karajan

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Fidelio, op.72

Artists

Giuseppe Zampieri
Christel Goltz
Otto Edelmann
Sena Jurinac
Niccola Zaccaria
Paul Schoffler
Waldemar Kmentt
Erich Majkut
Walter Berry
Vienna Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor

Herbert von Karajan

About

During his first year as artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, it was almost a conscious policy on Herbert von Karajan's part to court comparison with famous predecessors and eminent models and confront the larger-than-life figures of Wilhelm Furtwängler and Arturo Toscanini with his own interpretations of Beethoven's Fidelio and Verdi's final opera, Falstaff. In both cases, Karajan not only conducted but also directed the operas. If his productions were often highly criticised, there was unanimous acclaim for his qualities as an opera conductor. And this is all that matters when we listen to this live recording from the 1957 Salzburg Festival.

Karajan's production of Fidelio was staged in the Felsenreitschule and has something of the nature of an oratorio to it, a quality also evident on CD. Once again, the conductor showed great care in his choice of singers. As Leonore, Christel Goltz masters the tremendous challenges of the role in terms of its drama, agility and expression, while Giuseppe Zampieri's Florestan combines the anguished tone traditionally associated with the part with an Italian cantilena. The other singers are all experienced interpreters of their roles, their voices showing none of the signs of wear and tear so often heard: Paul Schöffler is the arch-villain Pizarro, Otto Edelmann is Rocco, and Sena Jurinac and Waldemar Kmentt lend extra weight to Marzelline and Jaquino.

Cast:
- Giuseppe Zampieri (Florestan)
- Christel Goltz (Leonore)
- Otto Edelmann (Rocco)
- Sena Jurinac (Marzelline)
- Niccola Zaccaria (Don Fernando)
- Paul Schöffler (Pizarro)
- Waldemar Kmentt (Jaquino)
- Erich Majkut (1st Prisoner)
- Walter Berry (2nd Prisoner)

Live Recording 1957.

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