This is a partial discography of Fidelio, a Singspiel in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven had originally written a three-act version of the opera called Leonore, first performed in 1805 and then re-staged with revisions in 1806. Despite the name change, the heroine is the title character in both cases. Leonore disguises herself as a boy, Fidelio, in order to find out what has happened to her husband, Florestan, who is being illegally held by Pizarro, a prison governor. The other major characters are the gaoler Rocco and his daughter Marzelline.[1]

Audio

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Year Leonore
Florestan
Pizarro
Rocco
Marzelline
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label[2]
1936 Lotte Lehmann
Koloman von Pataky
Alfred Jerger
Anton Baumann
Luise Helletsgruber
Arturo Toscanini
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra
Vienna State Opera chorus
(recorded act one only on 25 July at Salzburg Festival)
CD: The Radio Years
Cat: RY 70[3]
1938 Kirsten Flagstad
René Maison
Friedrich Schorr
Emanuel List
Marita Farell
Artur Bodanzky
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: Naxos Historical
Cat:
1943 Hilde Konetzni
Torsten Ralf
Paul Schöffler
Herbert Alsen
Irmgard Seefried
Karl Böhm
Vienna State Opera orchestra & chorus
LP: Vox
Cat: Andante
Cat: 3090
1944 Rose Bampton
Jan Peerce
Herbert Janssen
Sid Belarsky
Eleanor Steber
Arturo Toscanini
NBC Symphony Orchestra & chorus
LP: RCA Victor
Cat: LM-6025
CD: RCA Victor
Cat: 60273
1948 Erna Schlüter
Julius Patzak
Ferdinand Frantz
Herbert Alsen
Lisa Della Casa
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra
Vienna State Opera chorus
CD: Melodram
Cat: CDM 25009
1948 Anna Bathy
Endre Rösler
Oszkár Maleczky
Mihály Székely
Mária Mátyás
Otto Klemperer
Hungarian State Opera orchestra & chorus
(sung in Hungarian)
CD: Urania
Cat: URN 22246
1950 Kirsten Flagstad
Julius Patzak
Paul Schöffler
Josef Greindl
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra
Vienna State Opera chorus
(recorded on 5 August at Salzburg Festival)
CD: Regis Records Ltd
Cat: RRC2048
1953 Martha Mödl
Wolfgang Windgassen
Otto Edelmann
Gottlob Frick
Sena Jurinac
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra
Vienna State Opera chorus
CD: EMI
Cat: 64496
1956 Birgit Nilsson
Hans Hopf
Paul Schöffler
Gottlob Frick
Ingeborg Wenglor
Erich Kleiber
WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD 1332
1957 Leonie Rysanek
Ernst Haefliger
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Gottlob Frick
Irmgard Seefried
Ferenc Fricsay
Bavarian State Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: DG 453106-2
1957 Gladys Kuchta
Julius Patzak
Heinz Rehfuss
Karl Kümmel
Melitta Muszely
Carl Bamberger
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra & chorus
CD: Nonesuch Records
Cat:
1957 Christel Goltz
Giuseppe Zampieri
Paul Schöffler
Otto Edelmann
Sena Jurinac
Herbert von Karajan
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra
Vienna State Opera chorus
CD: Orfeo
Cat: C 7710821
1958 Gré Brouwenstijn
Hans Hopf
Paul Schöffler
Arnold van Mill
Olga Chelavine
Thomas Beecham
Teatro Colón orchestra & chorus
CD: Legato Classics
Cat: LCD 226-2
1960 Galina Vishnevskaya
Georgii Nelepp
Aleksey Petrovich Ivanov
Nikolai Shchelgolkov
Irina Maslennikova
Alexander Melik-Pashayev
Bolshoi Theatre orchestra & chorus
CD: Audio Encyclopedia
Cat: AE 207
1961 Sena Jurinac
Jan Peerce
Gustav Neidlinger
Dezső Ernster
Maria Stader
Hans Knappertsbusch
Bavarian State Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: Westminster
Cat: 471 204-2
1961 Sena Jurinac
Jon Vickers
Hans Hotter
Gottlob Frick
Elsie Morrison
Otto Klemperer
Royal Opera House orchestra & chorus
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT2 1328
1962 Christa Ludwig
Jon Vickers
Walter Berry
Gottlob Frick
Ingeborg Hallstein
Otto Klemperer
Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Chorus
CD: EMI
Cat: 67361
1962 Christa Ludwig
Jon Vickers
Walter Berry
Walter Kreppel
Gundula Janowitz
Herbert von Karajan
Vienna State Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 477 7364
1963 Christa Ludwig
James King
Gustav Neidlinger
Josef Greindl
Lisa Otto
Karl Böhm
Deutsche Oper Berlin orchestra & chorus
CD: Canyon Classics
Cat: PCCL 00060
1964 Birgit Nilsson
James McCracken
Tom Krause
Kurt Böhme
Graziella Sciutti
Lorin Maazel
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra
Vienna State Opera chorus
CD: Decca
Cat: 448104
1969 Christa Ludwig
James King
Ingvar Wixell
Franz Crass
Edith Mathis
Karl Böhm
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra
Vienna State Opera chorus
(recorded at Salzburg Festival)
CD: Opera d’Oro
Cat: 1380
1969 Gwyneth Jones
James King
Theo Adam
Franz Crass
Edith Mathis
Karl Böhm
Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra & chorus
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: DG 477 5584
1970 Gwyneth Jones
James King
Theo Adam
Franz Crass
Lucia Popp
Leonard Bernstein
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra
Vienna State Opera chorus
CD: Opera Depot
Cat: OD 10175-2
1970 Helga Dernesch
Jon Vickers
Zoltan Kelemen
Karl Ridderbusch
Helen Donath
Herbert von Karajan
Berlin Philharmonic
Deutsche Oper Berlin chorus
CD: EMI
Cat: CMS 7 69290-2
1970 Ingrid Bjoner
Jon Vickers
Gustav Neidlinger
Franz Crass
Renate Holm
Ferdinand Leitner
Teatro Colón orchestra & chorus
(recorded on 11 September)
CD: Operadepot.com
Cat:
1976 Teresa Kubiak
Jon Vickers
Donald Gramm
Mac Morgan
Magdelena Falewicz
Sarah Caldwell
Boston Grand Opera House orchestra & chorus
Harvard Glee Club
CD: VAI
Cat: VAIA 1222-2
1978 Gundula Janowitz
René Kollo
Hans Sotin
Manfred Jungwirth
Lucia Popp
Leonard Bernstein
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra
Vienna State Opera chorus
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 526702
1978 Hildegard Behrens
James King
Donald McIntyre
Kurt Moll
Lucia Popp
Karl Böhm
Bavarian State Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: Premiere Opera Ltd
Cat: CDNO 1142-2
1979 Hildegard Behrens
Peter Hofmann
Theo Adam
Hans Sotin
Sonia Ghazarian
Georg Solti
Chicago Symphony Orchestra & chorus
CD: Decca Records
Cat: 410227
1982 Jeannine Altmeyer
Siegfried Jerusalem
Siegmund Nimsgern
Peter Meven
Carola Nossek
Kurt Masur
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra & chorus
CD: Eurodisc
Cat: GK 69030
1989 Jessye Norman
Reiner Goldberg
Ekkehard Wlaschiha
Kurt Moll
Pamela Coburn
Bernard Haitink
Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra & chorus
CD: Philips
Cat: 426308
1990 Gabriele Schnaut
Josef Protschka
Hartmut Welker
Kurt Rydl
Ruth Ziesak
Christoph von Dohnányi
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra
Vienna State Opera chorus
CD: Decca
Cat: 436627
1994 Charlotte Margiono
Peter Seiffert
Sergei Leiferkus
László Polgár
Barbara Bonney
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
CD: Teldec
Cat: 994560
1995 Deborah Voigt
Ben Heppner
Günter von Kannen
Matthias Hölle
Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz
Colin Davis
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & chorus
CD: BMG-RCA Victor
Cat: 09026 68344-2
1997 Gabriela Beňačková
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Franz-Josef Kapellmann
Siegfried Vogel
Ildiko Vogel
Charles Mackerras
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Edinburgh Festival chorus
CD: Teldarc
Cat: 80439
1999 Inga Nielsen
Gösta Winbergh
Alan Titus
Kurt Moll
Edith Lienbacher
Michael Halász
Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
Hungarian Radio Chorus
CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.660070-71
1999 Waltraud Meier
Plácido Domingo
Falk Struckmann
René Pape
Soile Isokoski
Daniel Barenboim
Staatskapelle Berlin orchestra
Deutsche Oper Berlin chorus
CD: Teldec
Cat: 3984 25249-2
2003 Angela Denoke
Jon Villars
Alan Held
László Polgár
Juliane Banse
Simon Rattle
Berlin Philharmonic orchestra
Arnold Schoenberg choir
CD: EMI
Cat: 0724355755520
2006 Christine Brewer
John MacMaster
Juha Uusitalo
Kristinn Sigmundsson
Sally Matthews
Colin Davis
London Symphony Orchestra & chorus
CD: LSO Live
Cat: 0593
2011 Nina Stemme
Jonas Kaufmann
Falk Struckmann
Christof Fischesser
Rachel Harnisch
Claudio Abbado
Lucerne Festival orchestra
Arnold Schoenberg choir
CD: Decca
Cat: 0289 478 2551 7

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Year Cast
(Fidelio/Leonore
Florestan, Pizarro
Rocco, Marzelline)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label[2]
1963 Christa Ludwig
James King
Walter Berry
Josef Greindl
Lisa Otto
Artur Rother
Deutsche Oper Berlin orchestra and chorus
DVD: Encore
Cat: 2009
1963 Christa Ludwig
James King
Gustav Neidlinger
Josef Greindl
Lisa Otto
Karl Böhm
Deutsche Oper Berlin orchestra and chorus
DVD: House of Opera
Cat: DVDM 299
1969 Anja Silja
Richard Cassilly
Theo Adam
Hans Sotin
Lucia Popp
Leopold Ludwig
Hamburg State Opera orchestra and chorus
DVD: ArtHaus Musik
Cat: 101 275
1970 Gwyneth Jones
James King
Gustav Neidlinger
Josef Greindl
Olivera Miljaković
Karl Böhm
Deutsche Oper Berlin orchestra and chorus
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 073 4438
1977 Gundula Janowitz
Jon Vickers
Theo Adam
William Wilderman
Stella Richmond
Zubin Mehta
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & chorus
(recorded at Chorégies d'Orange)
DVD: Better Opera
Cat: OMD 005
1978 Gundula Janowitz
René Kollo
Hans Sotin
Manfred Jungwirth
Lucia Popp
Leonard Bernstein
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 073 4159
1980 Elisabeth Söderström
Anton De Ridder
Robert Allman
Curt Appelgren
Elizabeth Gale
Bernard Haitink
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Glyndebourne Festival chorus
(recorded on 13 January)
DVD: ArtHaus Musik
Cat: 101 099
1989 Elizabeth Connell
Thomas Moser
Siegmund Nimsgern
Hans Tschammer
Stella Kleindienst
Jeffrey Tate
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Grand Théâtre de Genève chorus
VHS: Lyric Distribution Incorporated
Cat: 8197
1990 Gabriela Beňačková
Josef Protschka
Monte Pederson
Robert Lloyd
Marie McLaughlin
Christoph von Dohnányi
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
DVD: ArtHaus Musik
Cat: 100 075
2000 Karita Mattila
Ben Heppner
Falk Struckmann
René Pape
Jennifer Welch
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 073 052-9
2004 Camilla Nylund
Jonas Kaufmann
Alfred Muff
László Polgár
Elizabeth Rae Magnuson
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Zürich Opera orchestra and chorus
(recorded on 15 February)
DVD: TDK
Cat: DV-OPFID (Europe)
Cat: DVUS-OPFID (US)
Blu-ray: ArtHaus Musik
Cat: 109224
2020 Lise Davidsen
David Butt Philip
Simon Neil
Georg Zeppenfeld
Amanda Forsythe
Antonio Pappano
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
(Stage director: Tobias Kratzer; recorded live, 13 March)
Blu-ray: Opus Arte
Cat: OABD7288D[4]

Audio (1805 version)

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This is a partial discography of Leonore, the 1805 original three-act version of the two-act opera Fidelio.

Year Cast
(Fidelio/Leonore
Florestan, Pizarro
Rocco, Marzelline)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label[2]
1960 Hilde Zadek
Anton Dermota
Alfred Pfeifel
Paul Schöffler
Gerda Schreyer
Ferdinand Leitner
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra
Bregenzer Festspiele chorus
CD: Opera D'Oro
Cat: OPD 1210
1976 Edda Moser
Richard Cassilly
Karl Ridderbusch
Theo Adam
Helen Donath
Herbert Blomstedt
Staatskapelle Dresden
Leipzig Radio chorus
CD: Berlin Classics
Cat: 11402BC
1997 Hillevi Martinpelto
Kim Begley
Matthew Best
Franz Hawlata
Christiane Oelze
John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Monteverdi Choir
CD: Archiv
Cat: 0453 461-2
2019 Marlis Petersen
Robin Johannseney
Maximilian Schmitt
Johannes Weisser
Dimitry Ivaschenko
René Jacobs
Freiburger Barockorchester
Zürcher Sing-Akademie
CD: Harmonia Mundi France
Cat: HMM 902414.15

Audio (1806 version)

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This is a discography of Leonore, the 1806 version of the two-act opera Fidelio.

Year Cast
(Fidelio/Leonore,
Florestan, Pizarro,
Rocco, Marzelline)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label[2]
1998 Pamela Coburn
Mark Baker
Philippe Lafont
Victor von Halem
Christine Barbaux
Marc Soustrot
Beethoven Orchester Bonn
WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
CD: MDG
Cat: MDG3370826

References

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  1. ^ Gruber, Paul, ed. (2003). The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-03444-5.
  2. ^ a b c d Recording details for Fidelio on Operadis online. Retrieved 28 March 2014
  3. ^ “Salzburg Festival Rarities Vol. I: Fidelio (Act I)". discogs.com site. Retrieved 24 August 2018
  4. ^ Hugo Shirley, Review of 2020 Royal Opera video, Gramophone, June 2022, p. 84.
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  • Discography, LVBeethoven.com. Retrieved 19 January 2010.