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Book Condition: Very Good- condition - label remnants on box, cassettes like new
Jacket condition: none
Seller: Worldwide Collectibles

United States
About Item: Fidelio conducted by Leonard Bernstein (3 cassettes)Featuring: Wiener Staatsopernchor -Wiener Philharmoniker, Gundula Janowitz, Lucia Popp, also Kollo, Sotin, Fischer-Dieskau, Jungwirth, DallopozzaLabel DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHONContains a booklet with libretto in English, French & German. Fidelio (originally titled Leonore, oder Der Triumph der ehelichen Liebe; English: Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love), Op. 72, is Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera. The German libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, with the work premiering at Vienna's Theater an der Wien on 20 November 1805. The following year, Stephan von Breuning helped shorten the work from three acts to two. After further work on the libretto by Georg Friedrich Treitschke, a final version was performed at the Kärntnertortheater on 23 May 1814. By convention, both of the first two versions are referred to as Leonore.The libretto, with some spoken dialogue, tells how Leonore, disguised as a… Read More
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