This is a partial discography of Fidelio, a Singspiel in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven had originally written a three-act version of the opera called Leonore, first performed in 1805 and then re-staged with revisions in 1806. Despite the name change, the heroine is the title character in both cases. Leonore disguises herself as a boy, Fidelio, in order to find out what has happened to her husband, Florestan, who is being illegally held by Pizarro, a prison governor. The other major characters are the gaoler Rocco and his daughter Marzelline.
Audio
YearFidelio/LeonoreFlorestanPizarroRoccoMarzellineConductor,Opera house and orchestraLabelRecording details for Fidelio on Operadis online. Retrieved 28 March 20141936Lotte LehmannKoloman von PatakyAlfred JergerAnton BaumannLuise HelletsgruberArturo ToscaniniVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna State Opera chorus(recorded act one only on 25 July at Salzburg Festival) CD: The Radio YearsCat: RY 70 “Salzburg Festival Rarities Vol. I: Fidelio (Act I)". discogs.com site. Retrieved 24 August 20181938Kirsten FlagstadRené MaisonFriedrich SchorrEmanuel ListMarita FarellArtur BodanzkyMetropolitan Opera orchestra & chorusCD: Naxos HistoricalCat: 1943Hilde KonetzniTorsten RalfPaul SchöfflerHerbert AlsenIrmgard SeefriedKarl BöhmVienna State Opera orchestra & chorusLP: VoxCat: AndanteCat: 30901944Rose BamptonJan PeerceHerbert JanssenSid BelarskyEleanor SteberArturo ToscaniniNBC Symphony Orchestra & chorusLP: RCA VictorCat: LM-6025CD: RCA VictorCat: 602731948Erna SchlüterJulius PatzakFerdinand FrantzHerbert AlsenLisa Della CasaWilhelm FurtwänglerVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna State Opera chorusCD: MelodramCat: CDM 250091948Anna BathyEndre RöslerOszkár MaleczkyMihály SzékelyMária MátyásOtto KlempererHungarian State Opera orchestra & chorus(sung in Hungarian)CD: UraniaCat: URN 222461950Kirsten FlagstadJulius PatzakPaul SchöfflerJosef GreindlElisabeth SchwarzkopfWilhelm FurtwänglerVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna State Opera chorus(recorded on 5 August at Salzburg Festival)CD: Regis Records LtdCat: RRC20481953Martha MödlWolfgang WindgassenOtto EdelmannGottlob FrickSena JurinacWilhelm FurtwänglerVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna State Opera chorusCD: EMICat: 644961956Birgit NilssonHans HopfPaul SchöfflerGottlob FrickIngeborg WenglorErich KleiberWDR Symphony Orchestra CologneWDR Rundfunkchor KölnCD: Opera d'OroCat: OPD 13321957Leonie RysanekErnst HaefligerDietrich Fischer-DieskauGottlob FrickIrmgard SeefriedFerenc FricsayBavarian State Opera orchestra & chorusCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: DG 453106-21957Gladys KuchtaJulius PatzakHeinz RehfussKarl KümmelMelitta MuszelyCarl BambergerNDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra & chorusCD: Nonesuch RecordsCat: 1957Christel GoltzGiuseppe ZampieriPaul SchöfflerOtto EdelmannSena JurinacHerbert von KarajanVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna State Opera chorusCD: OrfeoCat: C 77108211958Gré BrouwenstijnHans HopfPaul SchöfflerArnold van MillOlga ChelavineThomas BeechamTeatro Colón orchestra & chorusCD: Legato ClassicsCat: LCD 226-21960Galina VishnevskayaGeorgii NeleppAleksey Petrovich IvanovNikolai ShchelgolkovIrina MaslennikovaAlexander Melik-PashayevBolshoi Theatre orchestra & chorusCD: Audio EncyclopediaCat: AE 2071961Sena JurinacJan PeerceGustav NeidlingerDezső ErnsterMaria StaderHans KnappertsbuschBavarian State Opera orchestra & chorusCD: WestminsterCat: 471 204-21961Sena JurinacJon VickersHans HotterGottlob FrickElsie MorrisonOtto KlempererRoyal Opera House orchestra & chorusCD: TestamentCat: SBT2 13281962Christa LudwigJon VickersWalter BerryGottlob FrickIngeborg HallsteinOtto KlempererPhilharmonia OrchestraPhilharmonia ChorusCD: EMICat: 673611962Christa LudwigJon VickersWalter BerryWalter KreppelGundula JanowitzHerbert von KarajanVienna State Opera orchestra & chorusCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 477 73641963Christa LudwigJames KingGustav NeidlingerJosef GreindlLisa OttoKarl BöhmDeutsche Oper Berlin orchestra & chorusCD: Canyon ClassicsCat: PCCL 000601964Birgit NilssonJames McCrackenTom KrauseKurt BöhmeGraziella SciuttiLorin MaazelVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna State Opera chorusCD: DeccaCat: 4481041969Christa LudwigJames KingIngvar WixellFranz CrassEdith MathisKarl BöhmVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna State Opera chorus(recorded at Salzburg Festival)CD: Opera d’OroCat: 13801969Gwyneth JonesJames KingTheo AdamFranz CrassEdith MathisKarl BöhmStaatskapelle Dresden orchestra & chorusCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: DG 477 55841970Gwyneth JonesJames KingTheo AdamFranz CrassLucia PoppLeonard BernsteinVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna State Opera chorusCD: Opera DepotCat: OD 10175-21970Helga DerneschJon VickersZoltan KelemenKarl RidderbuschHelen DonathHerbert von KarajanBerlin PhilharmonicDeutsche Oper Berlin chorusCD: EMICat: CMS 7 69290-21970Ingrid BjonerJon VickersGustav NeidlingerFranz CrassRenate HolmFerdinand LeitnerTeatro Colón orchestra & chorus(recorded on 11 September)CD: Operadepot.comCat: 1976 Teresa KubiakJon VickersRichard Van AllanDonald GrammMagdelena FalewiczSarah CaldwellBoston Grand Opera House orchestra & chorusHarvard Glee ClubCD: VAICat: VAIA 1222-21978Gundula JanowitzRené KolloHans SotinManfred JungwirthLucia PoppLeonard BernsteinVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna State Opera chorusCD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 5267021978Hildegard BehrensJames KingDonald McIntyreKurt MollLucia PoppKarl BöhmBavarian State Opera orchestra & chorusCD: Premiere Opera LtdCat: CDNO 1142-21979Hildegard BehrensPeter HofmannTheo AdamHans SotinSonia GhazarianGeorg SoltiChicago Symphony Orchestra & chorusCD: Decca RecordsCat: 4102271982Jeannine AltmeyerSiegfried JerusalemSiegmund NimsgernPeter MevenCarola NossekKurt MasurLeipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra & chorusCD: EurodiscCat: GK 690301989Jessye NormanReiner GoldbergEkkehard WlaschihaKurt MollPamela CoburnBernard HaitinkStaatskapelle Dresden orchestra & chorusCD: PhilipsCat: 4263081990Gabriele SchnautJosef ProtschkaHartmut WelkerKurt RydlRuth ZiesakChristoph von DohnányiVienna Philharmonic orchestraVienna State Opera chorusCD: DeccaCat: 4366271994Charlotte MargionoPeter SeiffertSergei LeiferkusLászló PolgárBarbara BonneyNikolaus HarnoncourtChamber Orchestra of EuropeArnold Schoenberg ChoirCD: TeldecCat: 9945601995Deborah VoigtBen HeppnerGünter von KannenMatthias HölleElisabeth Norberg-SchulzColin DavisBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & chorusCD: BMG-RCA VictorCat: 09026 68344-21997Gabriela BeňačkováAnthony Rolfe JohnsonFranz-Josef KapellmannSiegfried VogelIldiko VogelCharles MackerrasScottish Chamber OrchestraEdinburgh Festival chorusCD: TeldarcCat: 804391999Inga NielsenGösta WinberghAlan TitusKurt MollEdith LienbacherMichael HalászNicolaus Esterházy SinfoniaHungarian Radio ChorusCD: NaxosCat: 8.660070-711999Waltraud MeierPlácido DomingoFalk StruckmannRené PapeSoile IsokoskiDaniel BarenboimStaatskapelle Berlin orchestraDeutsche Oper Berlin chorusCD: TeldecCat: 3984 25249-22003Angela DenokeJon VillarsAlan HeldLászló PolgárJuliane BanseSimon RattleBerlin Philharmonic orchestra Arnold Schoenberg choirCD: EMICat: 07243557555202006Christine BrewerJohn MacMasterJuha UusitaloKristinn SigmundssonSally MatthewsColin DavisLondon Symphony Orchestra & chorusCD: LSO LiveCat: 05932011Nina StemmeJonas KaufmannFalk StruckmannChristof FischesserRachel HarnischClaudio AbbadoLucerne Festival orchestra Arnold Schoenberg choirCD: DeccaCat: 0289 478 2551 7
Audio (1805 version) This is a partial discography of Leonore, the 1805 original three-act version of the two-act opera Fidelio.
YearCast(Fidelio/LeonoreFlorestan, PizarroRocco, Marzelline)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel1960Hilde ZadekAnton DermotaAlfred PfeifelPaul SchöfflerGerda SchreyerFerdinand LeitnerVienna Philharmonic orchestraBregenzer Festspiele chorusCD: Opera D'OroCat: OPD 12101976Edda MoserRichard CassillyKarl RidderbuschTheo AdamHelen DonathHerbert BlomstedtStaatskapelle DresdenLeipzig Radio chorusCD: Berlin ClassicsCat: 11402BC1997Hillevi MartinpeltoKim BegleyMatthew BestFranz HawlataChristiane OelzeJohn Eliot GardinerOrchestre Révolutionnaire et RomantiqueMonteverdi ChoirCD: ArchivCat: 0453 461-22019Marlis PetersenRobin JohannseneyMaximilian SchmittJohannes WeisserDimitry IvaschenkoRené JacobsFreiburger BarockorchesterZürcher Sing-AkademieCD: Harmonia Mundi FranceCat: HMM 902414.15
Audio (1806 version) This is a discography of Leonore, the 1806 version of the two-act opera Fidelio.
YearCastConductor,orchestra & chorusLabel1998Pamela Coburn Mark Baker Jean-Philippe Lafont Victor von Halem Christine Neithardt-BarbauxMarc Soustrot Beethoven Orchester Bonn WDR RundfunkchorCD: MDG Cat: 337 0826-2
Video YearCast(Fidelio/LeonoreFlorestan, PizarroRocco, Marzelline)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel1963Christa LudwigJames KingWalter BerryJosef GreindlLisa OttoArtur RotherDeutsche Oper Berlin orchestra and chorusDVD: EncoreCat: 20091963Christa LudwigJames KingGustav NeidlingerJosef GreindlLisa OttoKarl BöhmDeutsche Oper Berlin orchestra and chorusDVD: House of OperaCat: DVDM 2991969Anja SiljaRichard CassillyTheo AdamErnst WiemannLucia PoppLeopold LudwigHamburg State Opera orchestra and chorusDVD: ArtHaus MusikCat: 101 2751970Gwyneth JonesJames KingGustav NeidlingerJosef GreindlOlivera MiljakovićKarl BöhmDeutsche Oper Berlin orchestra and chorusDVD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 073 44381977Gundula JanowitzJon VickersTheo AdamWilliam WildermanStella RichmondZubin MehtaIsrael Philharmonic Orchestra & chorus(recorded at Chorégies d'Orange)DVD: Better OperaCat: OMD 0051978Gundula JanowitzRené KolloHans SotinManfred JungwirthLucia PoppLeonard BernsteinVienna State Opera orchestra and chorusDVD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 073 41591980Elisabeth SöderströmAnton De RidderRobert AllmanCurt AppelgrenElizabeth GaleBernard HaitinkLondon Philharmonic OrchestraGlyndebourne Festival chorus(recorded on 13 January)DVD: ArtHaus MusikCat: 101 0991989Elizabeth ConnellThomas MoserSiegmund NimsgernHans TschammerStella KleindienstJeffrey TateOrchestre de la Suisse RomandeGrand Théâtre de Genève chorusVHS: Lyric Distribution IncorporatedCat: 81971990Gabriela BeňačkováJosef ProtschkaMonte PedersonRobert LloydMarie McLaughlinChristoph von DohnányiRoyal Opera House orchestra and chorusDVD: ArtHaus MusikCat: 100 0752000Karita MattilaBen HeppnerFalk StruckmannRené PapeJennifer WelchJames LevineMetropolitan Opera orchestra and chorusDVD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 073 052-92004Camilla NylundJonas KaufmannAlfred MuffLászló PolgárElizabeth Rae Magnuson Nikolaus HarnoncourtZürich Opera orchestra and chorus(recorded on 15 February)DVD: TDKCat: DV-OPFID (Europe)Cat: DVUS-OPFID (US)Blu-ray: ArtHaus MusikCat: 1092242020Lise DavidsenDavid Butt PhilipSimon NeilGeorg ZeppenfeldAmanda ForsytheAntonio PappanoRoyal Opera House orchestra and chorus(Stage director: Tobias Kratzer; recorded live, 13 March)Blu-ray: Opus ArteCat: OABD7288DHugo Shirley, Review of 2020 Royal Opera video, Gramophone, June 2022, p. 84.
References
External links Discography, LVBeethoven.com. Retrieved 19 January 2010.