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Beethoven - Fidelio / Nylund, Kaufmann, Polgar, Muff, Magnuson, Strehl, Groissbock, Harnoncourt, Zurich Opera (2005)

Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Genre: Opera

A taut and tense traversal of a familiar work, very personally conducted...this is by and large a consistent and engrossing experience, especially on the musical side. Harnoncourt, as he showed in his CD version (Teldec, 10/95), has – as always – decided views on the work in hand as regards tempi and texture. This predominantly light but dramatic reading harks back to the 18th century rather than forward to the 19th, with romantic feeling at a premium. The orchestra foretells the rest in its crisply accented rhythms, clean sound and sense of the impending drama: they play splendidly. Once the curtain is up, we realise that Jürgen Flimm is to offer a fairly minimalist production, one set more-or-less in period and concentrating – rightly – on the characters of the principals...Rocco – a wonderfully moving, warm and eloquent performance from László Polgár – is kindly, cowed by his surroundings, and alert to every nuance of feeling in those around him. His body language and his eyes tell us everything about the jailer’s torment...Leonore, in the arresting figure of Camilla Nylund, is slim and appealing, truly believable as a young man... In support, the Zurich Opera forces sing and play with well-prepared assurance under Harnoncourt’s concentrated and elevating direction.

Cast:

Leonore - Camilla Nylund

Florestan - Jonas Kaufmann

Don Pizzarro - Alfred Muff

Rocco - László Pólgár

Marzelline - Elizabeth Rae Magnuson

Jaquino - Christoph Strehl

Don Fernando - Günther Groissböck

Erster Gefangener - Boguslaw Bidzinski

Zweiter Gefangener - Gabriel Bermúdez

Chorus and Orchestra of Zurich Opera House

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

Jürgen Flimm, stage director

Recorded at the Opernhaus Zürich in February 2004

Works on This Recording:

1. Fidelio, Op. 72 by Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Alfred Muff (Baritone), Jonas Kaufmann (Tenor), Camilla Nylund (Soprano),

László Polgár (Bass)

Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Orchestra/Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus, Zurich Opera Orchestra

Period: Classical

Written: 1804/1814; Vienna, Austria

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