Overview

On stage, Christa Ludwig's Leonore puts all others in the shade. In this role, she achieves something rare: a perfect unity of stage character and singer. Her male disguise is believable; this Fidelio is a slender, lanky young man with whom it is easy to imagine the silly Marzelline falling in love.

Top Cast

Christa Ludwig

Leonore

W

William Dooley

Don Fernando

Walter Berry

Don Pizarro

Josef Greindl

Rocco

L

Lisa Otto

Marzelline

M

Martin Vantin

Jaquino

Barry McDaniel

1. Gefangener

M

Manfred Röhrl

2. Gefangener