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A performance in German of ' FIDELIO '

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Opera by Beethoven Libretto by Sonnleithner and Treitschke
Cast in order of singing
(Continued in next column)
Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk
(Chorus-Master, Max Thurn)
Conductor, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Producer. Giinther Rennert
(Recording made available to the BBC by courtesy of N.W.D.R.. Hamburg)
The action takes place at a Spanish State Prison outsade Seville
Act 1
The inner court of the prison

Contributors

Unknown:
Beethoven Libretto
Conductor:
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Producer:
Giinther Rennert
Jacquino, porter at the prison (spoken by Manfred Steffen):
Alfred Pfeifle
Marzellina, daughter of Rocco (spoken by Gisela Peltzer):
Margot Guilleaume
Rocco prison warden (spoken by Gaspar Briininghaus):
Siegmund Roth
Leonora, wife of Florestan, disguised as a youth under the name of Fidelio (apoken by Gisela Mattishent):
Walburga Wegner
Don Pizarro, Governor of the State Prison (spoken by Hermann Schomfoerg):
Alexander Welitsch
First prisoner:
Rupert Glawitsch
Second prisoner:
Ernstmax Liihr
Florestan, a political prisoner (spoken by Erich ScheUow):
Peter Anders
Don Fernando, the Minister:
Theodore Schlott
Source: Radio Times

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