Item: LP - Opera
Band/Artist(s):
Ludwig Von Beethoven (Composer)
George Szell (Conductor)
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
Title: Beethoven Overtures
Fidelio
Leonore
Egmont
Konig Stephan
Copyright: 1983
Columbia CBS Masterworks
Beethoven's only Opera
#MP 38758
Very Hard to find. Only 1 other copy of this release remains on eBay (at time of listing)
Condition: Cover is in Excellent Shape.
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Original Paper/Plastic Inner Sleeve is in Excellent shape.
LP is in Near Mint Shape. No visible wear.
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| Fidelio | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Ludwig van Beethoven | |
 Fidelio, playbill of the third and finalized premiere at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna, 23 May 1814 | |
| Librettist | Originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner, from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly. Later shortened by Stephan von Breuning and edited by Georg Friedrich Treitschke. |
| Language | German |
| Premiere | Original premiere 20 November 1805; reworked version 29 March 1806; finalized version 23 May 1814. First two premieres at Theater an der Wien, Vienna. Final version at Kärntnertortheater, Vienna |
Fidelio (/fɪˈdeɪljoʊ/;[1] German: [fiˈdeːlio]), originally titled Leonore, oder Der Triumph der ehelichen Liebe (Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love),[2] 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 prison guard named "Fidelio", rescues her husband Florestan from death in a political prison. Bouilly's scenario fits Beethoven's aesthetic and political outlook: a story of personal sacrifice, heroism, and eventual triumph. With its underlying struggle for liberty and justice mirroring contemporary political movements in Europe, such topics are typical of Beethoven's "middle period". Notable moments in the opera include the "Prisoners' Chorus" (O welche Lust—"O what a joy"), an ode to freedom sung by a chorus of political prisoners, Florestan's vision of Leonore come as an angel to rescue him, and the scene in which the rescue finally takes place. The finale celebrates Leonore's bravery with alternating contributions of soloists and chorus.
George Szell (/ˈsɛl/; June 7, 1897 – July 30, 1970), originally György Széll, György Endre Szél, or Georg Szell,[1] was a Hungarian-born American conductor and composer. He is widely considered one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors.[2] He is remembered today for his long and successful tenure as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra of Cleveland, Ohio, and for the recordings of the standard classical repertoire he made in Cleveland and with other orchestras.
Szell came to Cleveland in 1946 to take over a respected if undersized orchestra, which was struggling to recover from the disruptions of World War II. By the time of his death he was credited, to quote the critic Donal Henahan, with having built it into "what many critics regarded as the world's keenest symphonic instrument."[3][4]
Through his recordings, Szell has remained a presence in the classical music world long after his death, and his name remains synonymous with that of the Cleveland Orchestra. While on tour with the Orchestra in the late 1980s, then-Music Director Christoph von Dohnányi remarked, "We give a great concert, and George Szell gets a great review
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