Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Remastered at 96kHz / 24-bit
Gundula Janowitz (Leonore), René Kollo (Florestan), Manfred Jungwirth (Rocco), Lucia Popp (Marzelline), Adolf Dallapozza (Jaquino), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Fernando), Hans Sotin (Pizarro), Karl Terkal (Erster Gefangene), Alfred Sramek (Zweiter Gefangene)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener...
Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Remastered at 96kHz / 24-bit
Gundula Janowitz (Leonore), René Kollo (Florestan), Manfred Jungwirth (Rocco), Lucia Popp (Marzelline), Adolf Dallapozza (Jaquino), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Fernando), Hans Sotin (Pizarro), Karl Terkal (Erster Gefangene), Alfred Sramek (Zweiter Gefangene)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener...
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Contents and tracklist
- Adolfo Dallapozza (tenor), Lucia Popp (soprano), Manfred Jungwirth (bass), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Hans Sotin (bass), Norbert Balatsch (chorus master), René Kollo (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
- Leonard Bernstein
- Recorded: 1978-01-26
- Recording Venue: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Wien
"Wie kalt ist es in diesem unterirdischen Gewölbe" - "Nur hurtig fort, nur frisch gegraben"
Track length6:04
"Er sterbe! Doch er soll erst wissen" - "Vater Rocco! Der Herr Minister ist angekommen" - "Es schlägt der Rache Stunde"
Track length4:57
Awards and reviews
A powerful production
…Each singer gives everything he or she has … The expressive colourings of the orchestra are made vivid, not to say raucous, by the emphatic treatment that Bernstein lavishes on them … there is no doubting the passion which the conductor feels for the work … it’s a moving experience.

