Theo Adam

Fidelio

Joachim Hess

Anja Silja, Richard Cassilly

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.

Fidelio

Pierre Jourdan

Gundula Janowitz, Jon Vickers

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein

Humphrey Burton

Leonard Bernstein, Theo Adam

In this documentary portrait prepared for the anniversary of Ludwig Van Beethoven's 200th birthday, Leonard Bernstein illustrates his analysis with excerpts from his performances of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major and the Ode to Joy from the Ninth Symphony.