Overview

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.

Top Cast

A

Anja Silja

Leonore

Richard Cassilly

Florestan

T

Theo Adam

Pizarro

Lucia Popp

Marcellina

E

Ernst Wiemann

Rocco

E

Erwin Wohlfahrt

Jaquino

Hans Sotin

Don Fernando

K

Kurt Marschner

Prisoner

W

William Workman

Prisoner