Beethoven: Fidelio / Bohm, Dermota, Modl, Schoffler, Kamann, Kmentt

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Orfeo
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October 8, 2010
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
    • PERFORMER
      Mödl, Dermota, Schoffler, Weber, Seefried, Kmentt, Kamann, Terkal, Jerger, Chor Und Orchester Der Wi
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Overture

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    2. Act I: Duet: Jetzt, Schatzchen, jetzt sind wir allein (Jaquino, Marzelline)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Waldemar Kmentt, Irmgard Seefried

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    3. Act I: Aria: O war' ich schon mit dir vereint (Marzelline)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Irmgard Seefried

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    4. Act I: Dialogue: Marzelline? Ist Fidelio noch nicht zurück? (Rocco, Marzelline, Leonore)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Ludwig Weber, Irmgard Seefried, Martha Mödl

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    5. Act I: Quartet: Mir ist so wunderbar (Marzelline, Leonore, Rocco, Jaquino)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Irmgard Seefried, Martha Mödl, Ludwig Weber, Waldemar Kmentt

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    6. Act I: Dialogue: Hore Fidelio! (Rocco, Marzelline, Leonore)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Ludwig Weber, Irmgard Seefried, Martha Mödl

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    7. Act I: Terzetto: Gut Sohnchen, gut, hab' immer Mut (Rocco, Leonore, Marzelline)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Ludwig Weber, Martha Mödl, Irmgard Seefried

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    8. Act I: March

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    9. Act I: Aria: Ha! Welch ein Augenblick! (Pizarro, Chorus)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Paul Schöffler

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    10. Act I: Dialogue: Rocco! Die Depeschen! (Pizarro)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Paul Schöffler

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    11. Act I: Duet: Jetzt, Alter, jetzt hat es Eile! (Pizarro, Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Paul Schöffler, Ludwig Weber

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    12. Act I: Recitative and Aria: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? (Leonore)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Martha Mödl

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    13. Act I: Rocco, ich ersuchte euch schon (Jaquino, Marzelline, Rocco, Leonore)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Waldemar Kmentt, Irmgard Seefried, Ludwig Weber, Martha Mödl

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    14. Act I: Finale: O welche Lust, in freier Luft den Atem leicht zu heben!, "Prison Chorus"

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    15. Act I: Nun sprecht, wie ging's? (Leonore, Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Martha Mödl, Ludwig Weber

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    16. Act I: Ach Vater, Vater, eilt! … Verweg'ner Alter! (Marzelline, Rocco, Jaquino, Pizarro)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Irmgard Seefried, Ludwig Weber, Waldemar Kmentt, Paul Schöffler

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    17. Act I: Leb wohl, du warmes Sonnenlicht (Chorus, Marzelline, Leonore, Jaquino, Pizarro, Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Irmgard Seefried, Martha Mödl, Waldemar Kmentt, Paul Schöffler, Ludwig Weber

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    18. Act II: Introduction and Aria: Gott! Welch' Dunkel hier! (Florestan)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Anton Dermota

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    19. Act II: Melodrama and Duet: Wie kalt ist es … Nur hurtig fort, nur frisch gegraben (Leonore, Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Martha Mödl, Ludwig Weber

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    20. Act II: Dialogue: Er erwacht! (Leonore, Rocco, Florestan)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Martha Mödl, Ludwig Weber, Anton Dermota

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    21. Act II: Terzetto: Euch werde Lohn in bessern Welten (Florestan, Rocco, Leonore)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Anton Dermota, Ludwig Weber, Martha Mödl

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    22. Act II: Ich geh (Rocco, Leonore, Florestan, Pizarro)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Ludwig Weber, Martha Mödl, Anton Dermota, Paul Schöffler

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    23. Act II: Quartet: Er sterbe! … Es schlägt der Rache Stunde (Pizarro, Florestan, Leonore, Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Paul Schöffler, Anton Dermota, Martha Mödl, Ludwig Weber

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    24. Act II: Duet: O namenlose Freude! (Leonore, Florestan)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Martha Mödl, Anton Dermota

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    25. Act II: Overture - Leonore III - Op. 72a

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    26. Act II: Finale: Heil! Heil sei dem Tag! (Chorus)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    27. Act II: Des besten Konigs Wink und Wille (Don Fernando, Chorus, Rocco, Pizarro, Leonore, Marzelline, Florestan)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Karl Kamann, Ludwig Weber, Paul Schöffler, Martha Mödl, Irmgard Seefried, Anton Dermota

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    28. Act II: Wer ein holdes Weib errungen (Chorus, Florestan, Leonore, Marzelline, Jaquino, Don Fernando, Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Anton Dermota, Martha Mödl, Irmgard Seefried, Waldemar Kmentt, Karl Kamann, Ludwig Weber

      Conductor: Karl Böhm


Among the opera performances that deserve to be labeled “historic” is the opening night of the new production of Beethoven’s Fidelio unveiled at the Vienna State Opera on 5 November 1955. The accolade is deserved not least because this was the first time that the curtain had gone up in the rebuilt house since wartime bombing raids had reduced it to rubble at the end of the Second World War.

Of course, this says nothing about the musical quality of the occasion, but the present live recording, released to coincide with the start of the new regime under Dominique Meyer and Franz Welser-Möst, allows today’s listeners to judge this quality for themselves. Then, as now, the chorus and orchestra of the Vienna State Opera enjoy the highest reputation and have no equal anywhere else in the world, and under their then director, Karl Böhm, they amply demonstrated their credentials on this gala first night in 1955.

For Böhm, this was the start of a conducting marathon, for the house reopened with no fewer than seven new productions within a matter of only a few days. His Fidelio is notable for its taut and even breathtakingly impulsive tempos, clearly intensifying the impression of a suicide mission on the part of the “angelic Leonore” that Martha Mödl characterized so magnificently throughout this period. Unfortunately listeners can form only a limited impression of her acting, which was every bit as intense as her singing. This was the first time that she had rescued Anton Dermota as her husband, Florestan, his refined singing giving the lie to the widespread belief that the part requires a youthful heldentenor to do it justice. The rest of the cast is likewise made up of legendary names: with her distinctive lyric soprano voice, Irmgard Seefried is almost under-parted as Marzelline, while her father, Rocco, is played by the great bass Ludwig Weber, who only a few days later took on the heroic baritone role of Barak in Die Frau ohne Schatten. The villainous Don Pizarro is sung by Paul Schöffler, who that same week shone as Hans Sachs alongside Seefried’s Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. All these singers represent the sort of ensemble spirit that characterizes every great artist and ensures that performances like this one at the Vienna State Opera are always great occasions. - Orfeo