EditorialMaría Inmaculada Velásquez Echeverria, the artistic director of White Hands Choir, during a rehearsal for a new production of Beethoven’s opera “Fidelio,” in Los Angeles, April 8, 2022. (Michael Tyrone Delaney/The New York Times)
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". Claire Booth-Luce, American writer and Ambassador to Italy with escort at the opening. 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.. ".
EditorialThe Vienna Opera, damaged by bombs during the last days of World War II, reopened in 1955 with Beethoven's " Fidelio". Claire Booth-Luce, American writer and Ambassador to Italy with escort at the opening. 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". 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, 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.. ".
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.