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.

• Joachim HessDirector

• Anja SiljaLeonore
• Richard CassillyFlorestan
• Theo AdamPizarro
• Lucia PoppMarcellina
• Ernst WiemannRocco
• Erwin WohlfahrtJaquino
• Hans SotinDon Fernando
• Kurt MarschnerPrisoner
• William WorkmanPrisoner