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A performance in German of ' FIDELIO '

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Opera by Beethoven
Libretto by Sohnleithner and Treitschke
Cast, in order of singing:
Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (Chorus-Master, Max Thurn)
Conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Producer, Gunther Rennert
Scene: A Spanish State Prison outside Seville in the Middle Ages
Act 1
The inner court of the prison

Contributors

Conducted By:
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Unknown:
Gunther Rennert
Jacquino, porter at the prison (spoken by Manfred Steffen):
Alfred Pfeifle
Marzellina, daughter of Rocco(spoken by Gisela Peltzer):
Margot Guifleaume
Rocco, prison warden (spoken by Gaspar Bruninghaus):
Siegmund Roth
Leonora, wife of Florestan, disguised as a youth under the name of Fidelio (spoken by Gisela Mattishent):
Walburga Wegner
Don Pizarro, Governor of the State Prison (spoken by Hermann Schomberg):
Alexander Welitsch
First prisoner:
Rupert Glawitsch
Second prisoner:
Ernst Max Lühr
Florestan, a political prisoner (spoken by Erich Schellow):
Peter Anders
Don Fernando, the Minister:
Theodore Schlott
Source: Radio Times

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