Ludwig Van Beethoven - Fidelio - Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein conducts this 1978 production of Beethoven's only opera. In the story, a woman (Gundula Janowitz) attempts to save her unjustly imprisoned husband (Rene Kollo) by disguising herself as a prison employee. Marzelline: Lucia Popp. Don Pizarro: Hans Sotin. Rocco: Manfred Jungwirth. Taped at the Vienna State Opera.