The production will be available as Video-on-Demand from April 20, 2020 (12 pm) until May 4, 2020 (11.59 am).
Opera in two acts. Libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner, Stephan von Breuning and Georg Friedrich Treitschke, after Jean Nicolas Bouilly's "Léonore ou L'Amour conjugal".
A historical studio production from the Hamburg State Opera (1968)
Produced by Polyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft for NDR
© Polyphon 1968
The DVD is available via Arthaus Musik and can be ordered here.
TV director: Joachim Hess
Set and costume design: Wilhelm Reinking
Chorus: Günther Schmidt-Bohländer
Musical direction: Leopold Ludwig
Don Fernando: Hans Sotin
Don Pizarro: Theo Adam
Florestan: Richard Cassilly
Leonore: Anja Silja
Rocco: Ernst Wiemann
Marzelline: Lucia Popp
Jacquino: Erwin Wohlfahrt
Erster Gefangener: Kurt Marschner
Zweiter Gefangener: William Workman
Orchestra: Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chorus: Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper