EditorialThe Vienna Opera, damaged by bombs during the last days of World War II, reopened in 1955 with Beethoven's " Fidelio". A member of the opera's fire brigade greets ballet master Erika Hanka with a hand-kiss, a greeting quite usual in Vienna so...
EditorialConductor Herbert von Karajan who not only conducted but also staged Beethoven's Fidelio at the Salzburg Festival, shows the choir of the prisoners how to move. Salzburg,1957.
EditorialThe Vienna Opera, damaged by bombs during the last days of World War II, reopened on November 5, 1955 with a performance of Beethoven's " Fidelio". Conductor Bruno Walter in a box.
EditorialThe Vienna Opera, damaged by bombs during the last days of World War II, reopened in 1955 with Beethoven's " Fidelio". A member of the opera's fire brigade greets ballet master Erika Hanka with a hand-kiss, a greeting quite usual in Vienna so...
EditorialThe Vienna Opera, damaged by bombs during the last days of World War II, reopened in 1955 with Beethoven's " Fidelio". During the intermission, Austrian President Theodor Koerner chats with Chancellor Julius Raab.
EditorialDr. Fritz Meznik, chief of the Austrian Federal Press Bureau, ponders the seating order for the reopening-with Beethoven's Fidelio-of the Vienna State Opera. Vienna,1955.
EditorialThe Vienna Operahouse, damaged by bombs during the last days of World War II, was reopened after extensive repairs on November 5, 1955 with Beethoven's Fidelio. Paul Schoeffler (Pizarro) and Ludwig Weber (Rocco) .
EditorialBeethoven's " Fidelio" was performed at the reopening of the war-damaged Vienna Operahouse on November 5, 1955. Karl Terkal as " First Prisoner": " Oh welche Lust, den Atem frei zu heben.. ".
EditorialSCENE FROM BEETHOVEN'S FIDELIO, AT THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, LONDON, UK; Grieve and Telbin's courtyard of the Spanish state prison, with the principal entrance in the background and the dungeons right and left, is an effectively arranged tableau, the ef...
EditorialConductor Herbert von Karajan who not only conducted but also staged Beethoven's Fidelio at the Salzburg Festival, shows the choir of the prisoners how to move. Salzburg,1957.
EditorialThe Vienna Opera House, damaged by bombs during the last days of World War II, reopened after extensive reconstruction on November 5, 1955 with Beethoven's "Fidelio". Audience. Vienna, 1955.
EditorialThe Vienna Opera House, damaged by bombs during the last days of World War II, reopened after extensive reconstruction on November 5, 1955 with Beethoven's "Fidelio". A full house - chancellor Julius Raab in the first row.
EditorialThe Vienna Opera House, damaged by bombs during the last days of World War II, reopened after extensive reconstruction on November 5, 1955 with Beethoven's "Fidelio". Opera lovers spend the night queuing outside the opera for cheap standing room tick...
EditorialThe Vienna Opera House, damaged by bombs during the last days of World War II, reopened after extensive reconstruction on November 5, 1955 with Beethoven's "Fidelio". Elegant crowds during the intermission.
EditorialThe Vienna Opera House, damaged by bombs during the last days of World War II, reopened after extensive reconstruction on November 5, 1955 with Beethoven's "Fidelio". George London inspects his costume for Don Giovanni. Vienna, 1955.
EditorialThe Vienna Opera, damaged by bombs during the last days of World War II, reopened in 1955 with Beethoven's " Fidelio". A member of the opera's fire brigade greets ballet master Erika Hanka with a hand-kiss, a greeting quite usual in Vienna so...
EditorialThe Vienna Opera, damaged by bombs during the last days of World War II, reopened in 1955 with Beethoven's " Fidelio". During the intermission, Austrian President Theodor Koerner chats with Chancellor Julius Raab.
EditorialDr. Fritz Meznik, chief of the Austrian Federal Press Bureau, ponders the seating order for the reopening-with Beethoven's Fidelio-of the Vienna State Opera. Vienna,1955.
EditorialThe Vienna Operahouse, damaged by bombs during the last days of World War II, was reopened after extensive repairs on November 5, 1955 with Beethoven's Fidelio. Paul Schoeffler (Pizarro) and Ludwig Weber (Rocco) .
EditorialBeethoven's " Fidelio" was performed at the reopening of the war-damaged Vienna Operahouse on November 5, 1955. Karl Terkal as " First Prisoner": " Oh welche Lust, den Atem frei zu heben.. ".
Editorial"Fidelio", still at the Theater an der Wien, while the Vienna Opera was restored after wartime destruction. Don Pizarro (Otto Edelmann) and Rocco (Frick).
EditorialThe Vienna Opera on Ringstrasse-Boulevard. In 1860, architects Siccardsburg and Van der Nuelle began the new opera house which was opened with Mozart's Don Giovanni on May 25,1869. After severe bomb damage during WW II the opera reopened in 1955 with F...
EditorialPortrait of Josef Ferdinand von Sonnleithner by Alois Karner. Sonnleithner (1766-1835) translated the French play " Leonore ou l'amour conjugal" by J. N. Bouilly and made it into the libretto for Beethoven's Fidelio.
Editorial" Theater an der Wien", site of the first performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera " Fidelio" in 1809 during the French ocupation. Coloured etching.