[ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 15 November 2006
This item is only available to us via Special Import.
Suitable for General AudiencesSince its release on CD, Leonard Bernstein's rendering of Fidelio has achieved cult status.
147 Minutes
Since its release on CD, Leonard Bernstein's rendering of Fidelio has achieved cult status.
With this DVD release, the Vienna State Opera and Deutsche Grammophon present the original 1978 stage production, featuring some of the most remarkable singers of their time - including René Kollo, Gundula Janowitz, Hans Sotin and Lucia Popp
With its exceptional cast of singers - plus the classic, thoughtful staging by Otto Schenk and the musical expertise of Leonard Bernstein - this DVD is the ultimate Fidelio on film
"Every phrase, every articulation had its meaning, had a quasi-semantic content, so convincing, so right, that at this moment there was barely a question of any other interpretation."
-Opernwelt, Hanover
"A first-class evening of opera. Bernstein and Schenk, who are believers in the opera, sought to storm the peaks. And we were there too."
-Die Presse, Vienna
A first-time release on DVD!