Beethoven's Fidelio: Jürgen Flimm (stage director), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) -- With Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Camilla Nylund (Leonore), Günther Groissböck (Don Fernando), Alfred Muff (Don Pizarro) ...

This stellar production of Beethoven's Fidelio--the sole opera by the universally beloved composer born 250 years ago--stands out from the pack. First, it features a young Jonas Kaufmann in 2004, near the beginning of his meteoric rise to superstardom thanks to the qualities already on full dis...

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Weitere Verfasser: Beethoven, Ludwig van 1770-1827
Format: Elektronisch Video
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: [Place of publication not identified] Bel Air Media 2004
Opernhaus Zürich 2004
SF DRS 3 sat 2004
Mezzo 2004
TV10 Angers 2004
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Zusammenfassung:This stellar production of Beethoven's Fidelio--the sole opera by the universally beloved composer born 250 years ago--stands out from the pack. First, it features a young Jonas Kaufmann in 2004, near the beginning of his meteoric rise to superstardom thanks to the qualities already on full display here: a dark and stentorian tenor voice, remarkable acting capacities, and a seemingly effortless expressiveness that make him a perfect fit for the iconic roles he would go on to embody, not least of which is Florestan. But even the greatest soloist cannot make an opera work on his own--and the unique alchemy here between Jürgen Flimm's minimalist staging and Nikolaus Harnoncourt's expert musical approach focuses the drama's power on the ineffable power of love, rather than just on philosophy or politics. Fidelio tells the story of Leonora (soprano Camilla Nylund, in one of the roles that launched her to international success like Kaufmann), who disguises herself as a man (Fidelio, "faithful one"), to rescue her husband (Florestan), unjustly imprisoned by his enemy Pizarro (here, a powerful Alfred Muff) and guarded by the warden Rocco (a worthy László Pólgár). Fittingly, the original title of the opera was Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love...
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Produktionsangaben:Sets, Rolf Glittenberg ; costumes, Marianne Glittenberg ; lighting, Jakob Schlosstein