Fidelio

In the late 1960s Rolf Liebermann, the legendary intendant of the Hamburg State Opera, had the visionary idea of presenting a number of operas in filmed versions, among the first ever done in color, to be shown on German television. This is the historic recording of a 1968 production by the Hamburg State Opera.

Director: Joachim Hess

Cast: Anja Silja, Richard Cassilly, Theo Adam, Lucia Popp, Ernst Wiemann, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Hans Sotin, Kurt Marschner

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.