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By Sonnleithner, Joseph Ferdinand, 1766-1835 Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842 Nylund, Camilla Kaufmann, Jonas Muff, Alfred PolgÃr, LÃszló Magnuson, Elizabeth Strehl, Christoph BidziÅski, BogusÅaw BermÃdez, Gabriel Harnoncourt, Nikolaus Bouilly, Jean Nicolas, 1763-1842 Oper ZÃórich. Orchester Opernhaus ZÃórich. Chorc2005., TDK Marketing Europe GmbH Call No: DVD Opera Beethoven Fidelio (2004) Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Rovi Media Collection.Summary Note: German opera with spoken dialogue by Ludwig van Beethoven, his only opera. The German libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly and the work premiered at Vienna's Theater an der Wien on 20 November 1805. The next year Stephan von Breuning helped shorten the three acts to two. After further work on the libretto by Georg Friedrich Treitschke a final version performed at the Kärntnertortheater on 23 May 1814. By convention both of the first two versions are referred to as Leonore.The opera tells how Leonore, disguised as a prison guard named "Fidelio", rescues her husband Florestan from death in a political prison. Bouilly's scenario fits Beethoven's aesthetic and political outlook: a story of personal sacrifice, heroism and eventual triumph (the usual topics of Beethoven's "middle period") with its underlying struggle for liberty and justice mirroring contemporary political movements in Europe. Some notable moments in the opera include the "Prisoners' Chorus", an ode to freedom sung by a chorus of political prisoners, Florestan's vision of Leonore come as an angel to rescue him, and the scene in which the rescue finally takes place. The finale celebrates Leonore's bravery with alternating contributions of soloists and chorus.
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By Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901 Carré, Michel, 1819-1872 Judd, Sue McVicar, David Gheorghiu, Angela Alagna, Roberto Terfel, Bryn Keenlyside, Simon Jones, Della Rose, Matthew Pappano, Antonio, 1959- Keegan-Dolan, Michael Edwards, Terry, 1939- Kaufmann, Jonas Poplavskaia, Marina, 1977- Pape, René McAnuff, Des Royal Opera House (London, England). Chorus Royal Opera Housp2010., General, EMI Classics Call No: DVD Opera Gounod-Faust-2010 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Double Tony Award winning stage director Desmond McAnuff s production, hailed by the New York Times as rich with ideas and theatrically daring , presents Faust as an atomic scientist inhabiting a dark world shot through with Cold War resonances.Alongside Kaufmann, a typically gold-standard Met cast includes the phenomenal René Pape as Méphistophélès and the ideally-suited Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite.Star conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin draws an elegant, darkly textured performance from the Metropolitan Opera orchestra.
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By Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 Muff, Alfred Seiffert, Peter Trekel, Roman Kaufmann, Jonas Haunstein, Rolf, 1943- Zysset, Martin, 1965- GÃœtzen, Guido Kringelborn, Solveig, 1963- Kabatu, Isabelle JankovÃ, Martina Welser-MÃœst, Franz Kleber, Bernhard Poppel, Ann Hoffmann, JÃórgen Perlemuter, Chloé Herzog, Jens-Daniel Opernhaus ZÃórich Bel Air Media (Firm) EMI (Firm)c2003., EMI Classics Call No: DVD Opera Wagner-Tannhauser-2003 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The newest release in the EMI Classics Opera on DVD series is a stunning production of Wagnerœs masterpiece Tannhauser from the Zurich Opera conducted by Franz Welser-Most, featuring Peter Sieffert (Tannhauser), Solveig Kringelborn (Elisabeth), and Thomas Hampson (von Eschenbach). Initially produced in Dresden in 1845, Tannhauser provoked by a few ardent friends and admirers, among them Schumann and Liszt. The history of the Zurich Opera is rich in cultural highlights: In 1913, Wagnerœs "Parsifal" was given its first legal performance outside of Bayreuth; Wilhelm Furtwangler began his career here; Franz Lehar and Richard Strauss came to supervise performances of their own works; and Carlos Kleiber conducted operettas. This performance of Tannhauser on DVD is a welcome addition to this great tradition.