Beethoven - Fidelio, Op. 72

Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Nina Stemme (Leonore), Falk Struckmann (Pizarro), Christof Fischesser (Rocco), Rachel Harnisch (Marzelline), Christoph Strehl (Jaquino), Peter Mattei (Don Fernando) Lucerne Festival Orchestra & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Claudio Abbado

Bernard Haitink

Christa Ludwig (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Walter Berry (Don Pizarro), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Ingeborg Hallstein (Marzelline), Gerhard Unger (Jaquino), Franz Crass (Don Fernando) Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Christine Brewer (Leonore), Richard Margison (Florestan), Robert Lloyd (Rocco), Rebecca Evans (Marzellina), Peter Wedd (Jaquino), Pavlo Hunka (Don Pizarro), Christopher Purves (Don Fernando/Second Prisoner); Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry

Christine Brewer (Leonore), John MacMaster (Florestan), Daniel Borowski (Don Fernando), Juha Uusitalo (Don Pizarro), Kristinn Sigmundsson (Rocco), Sally Matthews (Marzelline), Andrew Kennedy (Jaquino) London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Sena Jurinac (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Hans Hotter (Pizarro), Elsie Morison (Marzelline), John Dobson (Jaquino), Forbes Robinson (Fernando), Joseph Ward (First Prisoner), Victor Godfrey (Second Prisoner) Covent Garden Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Gerhard Unger (tenor), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Kurt Wehofschitz (tenor), Ingeborg Hallstein (soprano), Gottlob Frick (bass), Walter Berry (bass-baritone), Raymond Wolansky (baritone), Franz Crass (bass), Jon Vickers (tenor), Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Camilla Nylund (Leonore), Alfred Muff (Don Pizarro) & László Polgár (Rocco) Orchestra and Chorus of The Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Jon Vickers (Florestan), Christa Ludwig (Leonore), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Walter Berry (Pizarro), Ingeborg Hallstein (Marzelline), Gerhard Unger (Jaquino), Gerhard Unger (Fernando) Philharmonia Orchestra, with Philharmonia Choir, Otto Klemperer

Roberto Saccà (Florestan), Melanie Diener (Leonore), Alfred Muff (Rocco), Sandra Trattnigg (Marzelline), Christoph Strehl (Jaquino), Lucio Gallo (Don Pizarro), Krešimir Stražanac (Don Fernando) Zurich Opera Orchestra & Zurich Opera Chorus, Bernard Haitink (conductor) & Katharina Thalbach (director)

Tom Krause (Don Fernando), Theo Adam (Pizarro), James King (Florestan), Eva Marton (Leonore), Aage Haugland (Rocco), Lilian Watson (Marzelline), Thomas Moser (Jaquino), Horst Hiestermann (Erster Gefangener) & Kurt Rydl (Zweiter Gefangener) Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel

Evangelos Markelos (Don Fernando), Costantino Ego (Don Pizarro), Giuseppe Zampieri (Florestan), Martha Mödl (Leonore), Dezsö Ernster (Rocco), Zoe Vlachopoulou (Marzelline) & Aristos Pantzinakos (Jaquino) Orchestra of the Athens Festival, Jascha Horenstein

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Bruno Walter

Sena Jurinac (Leonore), Jan Peerce (Florestan), Gustav Neidlinger (Pizarro), Dezsö Ernster (Rocco), Maria Stader (Marzelline), Murray Dickie (Jaquino), Frederick Guthrie (Fernando) Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Hans Knappertsbusch

Martha Mödl (Leonore), Wolfgang Windgassen (Florestan), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Otto Edelmann (Pizarro), Sena Jurinac (Marzelline), Rudolf Schock (Jaquino), Alfred Poell (Fernando) Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Hedwig Müller-Bütow (Leonora), Helge Rosvaenge (Florestan), Heinrich Pflanzl, Jaro Prohaska & Gerhard Unger Berlin State Opera, Hermann Abendroth

Leonie Rysanek (Leonore), Hans Hopf (Florestan), Ludwig Weber (Rocco), Ferdinand Frantz (Pizarro), Elisabeth Lindermeier (Marzelline), Murray Dickie (Jaquino), Hans Braun (Fernando), Tomaso Spataro (First Prisoner), Dmitri Lopatto (Second Prisoner) RAI Orchestra, Eugen Jochum

Jeannine Altmeyer (Leonore), Siegfried Jerusalem (Florestan), Peter Meven (Rocco), Siegmund Nimsgern (Don Pizarro), Carola Nossek (Marzelline), Rudiger Wohlers (Jaquino), Theo Adam (Don Fernando), Klaus Konig (Erster Gefangener), Frank-Peter Spathe (Zweiter Gefangener) Rundfunkchor und Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur

Hildegard Behrens (Leonore), James King (Florestan), Kurt Moll (Rocco), Donald McIntyre (Pizarro), Lucia Popp (Marzelline), Norbert Orth (Jaquino), Friedrich Lenz (First Prisoner), Hans Wilbrink (Second Prisoner), Nikolaus Hillebrand (Fernando) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Karl Böhm

Kirsten Flagstad (Leonore), Set Svanholm (Florestan), Dezsö Ernster (Rocco), Paul Schöffler (Don Pizarro), Nadine Conner (Marzelline), Peter Klein (Jaquino), Jerome Hines (Don Fernando) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Bruno Walter

Gundula Janowitz (Leonore), René Kollo (Florestan), Manfred Jungwirth (Rocco), Lucia Popp (Marzelline), Adolf Dallapozza (Jaquino), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Fernando), Hans Sotin (Pizarro) Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

Nielse, Winbergh, Moll, Titus, Lienbacher, Pecoraro Hungarian Radio Chorus, Nicholaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Michael Halász

Christa Ludwig (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Walter Berry (Pizarro), Walter Kreppel (Rocco), Gundula Janowitz (Marzelline), Waldemar Kmentt (Jaquino), Eberhard Wächter (Don Fernando) Wiener Staatsoper, Herbert von Karajan

Sena Jurinac (Leonore), Jan Peerce (Florestan), Gustav Neidlinger (Pizarro), Dezsö Ernster (Rocco), Maria Stader (Marzelline), Murray Dickie (Jaquino), Frederick Guthrie (Fernando) Bayerisches Staatsopernorchester, Bavarian State Orchestra, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Hans Knappertsbusch

Metropolitan Opera (opera company), Charles Anthony (tenor), Laurel Hurley (soprano), Oskar Czerwenka (bass), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Hermann Uhde (bass baritone), Metropolitan Opera Chorus, William Olvis (tenor), Calvin Marsh (bass), Jon Vickers (tenor), Giorgio Tozzi (bass), Karl Böhm

Franz Hawlata (baritone), Matthew Best (bass (vocal)), Robert Burt (tenor), Kim Begley (tenor), Christoph Bantzer (speaker), Christiane Oelze (soprano), Michael Schade (tenor), Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano), Colin Campbell (baritone), Alastair Miles (bass (vocal)), René Kollo (tenor), Adolf Dallapozza (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass (vocal)), Manfred Jungwirth (bass (vocal)), Lucia Popp (soprano), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Norbert Balatsch (chorus master), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Susan Gritton (soprano), David Kübler (tenor), Robin Leggate (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass (vocal)), Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Convivium musicum München, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Leonard Bernstein, Erich Keller, Sir Andrew Davis

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) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Christel Goltz (Leonore), Giuseppe Zampieri (Florestan), Otto Edelmann (Rocco), Paul Schoffler (Pizarro), Sena Jurinac (Marzelline), Waldemar Kmentt (Jaquino), Nicola Zaccaria (Fernando), Erich Majkut (First Prisoner), Walter Berry (Second Prisoner) Herbert von Karajan

Christa Ludwig (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Gundula Janowitz (Marzelline), Walter Berry (Pizarro), Walter Kreppel (Rocco), Waldemar Kmentt (Jaquino), Eberhard Wächter (Don Fernando) Wiener Staatsopernchor & Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Herbert von Karajan

Waltraud Meier (Leonore), Placido Domingo (Florestan), René Pape (Rocco), Falk Struckmann (Pizarro), Soile Isokoski (Marzelline), Werner Güra (Jaquino), Kwangchui Youn (Fernando), Klaus Häger (Second Prisoner) Staatskapelle Berlin & Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Daniel Barenboim

Aase Nordmo-Lovberg (Leonore), Wolfgang Windgassen (Florestan), Walter Kreppel (Rocco), Wilma Lipp (Marzelline), Murray Dickie (Jaquino), Hans Hotter (Pizarro), Otto Wiener (Fernando) Vienna State Opera Chorus & Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Jessye Norman (Leonore), Reiner Goldberg (Florestan), Kurt Moll (Rocco), Pamela Coburn (Marzelline), Hans Peter Blochwitz (Jaquino), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Pizarro), Andreas Schmidt (Don Fernando), Wolfgang Millgramm (First Prisoner), Egbert Junghanns (Second Prisoner) Chor der Staatsoper Dresden & Staatskapelle Dresden, Bernard Haitink

Consortium Classicum (early music ensemble), Dieter Klöcker

Gwyneth Jones (Leonore), James King (Florestan), Edith Mathis (Marzelline), Theo Adam (Pizarro), Peter Schreier (Jaquino), Franz Crass (Rocco), Martti Talvela (Don Fernando) Staatskapelle Dresden, Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Karl Böhm

Inga Nielsen (Leonore), Gosta Winbergh (Florestan), Kurt Moll (Rocco), Alan Titus (Pizarro), Herwig Pecoraro (Jaquino), Edith Lienbacher (Marzelline), Wolfgang Glashof (Fernando), Péter Pálinkás (First Prisoner), Józef Moldvay (Second Prisoner) Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Hungarian Radio Chorus, Michael Halasz

Flagstad, Maison, Farell, Kipnis Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, Chorus of Metropolitan Opera, Bruno Walter

Martha Mödl (Leonore), Anton Dermota (Florestan), Ludwig Weber (Rocco), Paul Schöffler (Don Pizarro), Karl Kamann (Don Fernando), Irmgard Seefried (Marzelline) & Waldemar Kmentt (Jaquino) Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm

Erna Schlüter (Leonore), Julius Patzak (Florestan), Herbert Alsen (Rocco), Ferdinand Frantz (Don Pizarro), Otto Edelmann (Don Fernando), Lisa della Casa (Marzelline) & Rudolf Schock (Jaquino) VPO, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Birgit Nilsson (Leonore), James McCracken (Florestan), Kurt Böhme (Rocco), Tom Krause (Pizarro), Graziella Sciutti (Marzelline), Donald Grobe (Jaquino), Hermann Prey (Don Fernando), Kurt Equiluz & Günther Adam (Prisoners) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel

Maud Cunitz (Leonore), Ernst Kozub (Florestan), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Ferdinand Frantz (Don Pizarro), Erika Köth (Marzelline), Murray Dickie (Jaquino) & Marcel Cordes (Don Fernando) Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, Otto Mazerath

Christel Goltz (Leonore), Bernd Aldenhoff (Florestan), Joseph Herrmann (Don Pizarro), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Elfride Trötschel (Marzelline), Erich Zimmermann (Jaquino), Heinrich Pflanzl (Don Fernando), Horst Weber (First Prisoner), Werner Faulhaber (Second Prisoner) Staatskapelle Dresden, Joseph Keilberth

Christa Ludwig (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Gottlieb Frick (Rocco), Walter Berry (Pizarro), Gerhard Unger (Jaquino), Franz Crass (Fernando), Ingeborg Hallstein (Marzelline), Kurt Wehofschitz (First Prisoner), Raymond Wolansky (Second Prisoner) Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Kirsten Flagstad (Leonore), Julius Patzak (Florestan), Josef Greindl (Rocco), Paul Schoeffler (Pizarro), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Marzelline), Anton Dermota (Jaquino), Hans Braun (Fernando) Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Charlotte Margiono (Leonore), Peter Seiffert (Florestan), László Polgár (Rocco), Sergei Leiferkus (Pizarro), Barbara Bonney (Marzelline), Deon van der Walt (Jaquino), Bo Skovus (Fernando), Reinaldo Macias (First Prisoner), Robert Florianschutz (Second Prisoner) Schoenberg Choir, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Dorothy Dow (Leonore), Amedeo Berdini (Florestan), Boris Christoff (Rocco), Giuseppe Taddei (Pizarro), Irene Gasperoni (Marzelline), Nicola Monti (Jaquino), Franco Calabrese (Fernando) Vittorio Gui

Murray Dickie (tenor), Maria Stader (soprano), Sena Jurinac (soprano), Deszo Ernster (bass), Gustav Neidlinger (baritone), Jan Peerce (tenor), Frederick Guthrie (bass) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Hans Knappertsbusch

Kirsten Flagstad (Leonore), Julius Patzak (Florestan), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Marzelline), Josef Greindl (Rocco), Paul Schöffler (Pizarro), Anton Dermota (Jaquino), Hans Braun (Fernando) Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Theo Adam (bass-baritone), Gwynne Howell (bass-baritone), Chicago Symphony Chorus (chorus), David Kübler (tenor), Sona Ghazarian (soprano), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Peter Hofmann (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass), Theo Adam (bass), Robert Johnson (tenor), Philip Kraus (baritone), Gwynne Howell (bass) Sir Georg Solti

Deborah Voigt (Leonore), Ben Heppner (Florestan), Günter von Kannen (Pizarro), Matthias Hölle (Rocco), Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (Marzelline), Michael Schade (Jaquino), Thomas Quasthoff (Fernando), Andreas Schulist (Erster Gefangene), Wilfried Vorwol (Zweiter Gefangene), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks (chorus) Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis

Angela Denoke (Leonore), Jon Villars (Florestan), Laszlo Polgar (Rocco), Alan Held (Don Pizarro), Thomas Quasthoff (Don Fernando), Juliane Banse (Marzelline) & Rainer Trost (Jaquino) Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle

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 Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein

Birgit Nilsson (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Oskar Czerwenka (Rocco), Hermann Uhde (Don Pizarro), Laurel Hurley (Marzelline), Charles Anthony (Jaquino), Giorgio Tozzi (Don Fernando), William Olvis, Calvin Marsh (prisoners) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Karl Böhm

Jeannine Altmeyer (Leonore), Siegfried Jerusalem (Florestan), Peter Meven (Rocco), Siegmund Nimsgern (Don Pizarro), Carola Nossek (Marzelline), Rudiger Wohlers (Jaquino), Theo Adam (Don Fernando) Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Men's Choir Rundfunkchor Berlin, Kurt Masur

Hans Hopf (tenor), Gerhard Unger (tenor), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Hans Braun (baritone), Gottlob Frick (bass), Ingeborg Wenglor (soprano), Paul Schoffler (baritone) Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cologne Radio Chorus, Erich Kleiber

Karl Weiser, Lisa Otto (soprano), Helene Werth, Gottlob Frick (bass), Josef Metternich (baritone), Peter Anders (tenor), Ljubomir Pantscheff, Trude Eipperle, Marta Fuchs, Georg Hann, Walburga Wegner, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Choeur et Orchestre de La Suisse Romande, Chorus, Berliner Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Ferenc Fricsay, Artur Rother, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

Birgit Nilsson (Leonore), Ludovic Spiess (Florestan), Franz Crass (Rocco), Theo Adam (Pizarro), Helen Donath (Marzelline), Gerhard Unger (Jaquino), Siegfried Vogel (Fernando); Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI, Coro di Roma della RAI, Leonard Bernstein

Anja Kampe (Leonore), Torsten Kerl (Florestan) Andrew Kennedy (Jaquino), Lisa Milne (Marzelline), Brindley Sherratt (Rocco), Peter Coleman-Wright (Don Pizarro), Henry Waddington (Don Fernando) London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Mark Elder

Nicole Chevalier (Leonore), Eric Cutler (Florestan), Gabor Bretz (Don Pizarro), Christof Fischesser (Rocco), Melissa Petit (Marzelline), Benjamin Hulett (Jaquino), Karoly Szemeredy (Don Fernando), Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Manfred Honeck, Christoph Waltz (director)