
Fidelio - Beethoven - Opernhaus Zürich 2008 2008
Overview
Translucence, transparency – warmth’ are the qualities identified by Bernard Haitink as necessary for an ideal sound performance of Beethoven's only opera, and all are present in this fantastic recording of Katharina Thalbach's 2008 production for Opernhaus Zurich. Haitink conducts the Zurich Opera Orchestra in a magnificent performance in which Leonore Overture No. 3 provides an interlude between the two scenes of the second act, following a tradition started by Gustav Mahler. German soprano Me
Director: Katharina Thalbach
Cast
Roberto Saccà
Florestan

Melanie Diener
Leonore

Alfred Muff
Rocco
Sandra Trattnigg
Marzelline
Christoph Strehl
Jaquino

Lucio Gallo
Don Pizarro
Krešimir Stražanac
Don Fernando
Bernard Haitink
Conductor