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THE BIRTH OF AN OPERA

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' Fidelio '
An illustrated study in the origins of Beethoven's opera by Hanns Hammelmann and Michael Rose
Including excerpts from the original version of the opera (' Leonore') from a recording made available by courtesy of Bayerischer Rundfunk
Part of the original version of Marzelline's aria recorded for this programme by Jacqueline Delman accompanied by Clifton Helliwell Production by Christopher Sykes

Contributors

Unknown:
Hanns Hammelmann
Unknown:
Michael Rose
Programme By:
Jacqueline Delman
Accompanied By:
Clifton Helliwell
Production By:
Christopher Sykes
Narrator:
John Glen
Beethoven:
Donald Gray
Czerny:
John Baker
Ries:
Martin Starkie
Seyfried:
Jack Shaw
Baron de Tremont:
Keith Williams
Treitschke:
Geoffrey Wincott
Sonnleithner:
John Hollis
Roeckel ,:
Neville Hartley
Bettina von Brentano:
Patience Collier
First critic:
Edgar Norfolk
Second critic:
Alec Finter
Source: Radio Times

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