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The Vienna State Opera (under the auspices of the Covent Garden Opera Trust) presents Act 1 of Beethoven's opera ' FIDELIO '

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Libretto by Sonnleithner
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Clemens Krauss
Produced by Lothar Wallerstein
The action takes place in Spain
Scene 1: A room in the jailer's house
Scene 2: The inner courtyard of the prison
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

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Conducted By:
Clemens Krauss
Produced By:
Lothar Wallerstein
Jaquino, porter of the prison:
Peter Klein
Marcelline, the jailer's daughter:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Rocco, the jailer:
Ludwig Weber
Leonora (under the name of Fidelio), wife of Florestan:
Hilde Konetzni
Pizarro, Governor of the prison:
Hans Hotter
First prisoner:
Hermann Gallos
Second prisoner:
Hans Braun
Source: Radio Times

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