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Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein (1970)
Directed by Humphrey Burton
Documentary, Music · 2h 05m
In this documentary portrait prepared for the anniversary of Ludwig Van Beethoven's 200th birthday, Leonard Bernstein illustrates his analysis with excerpts from his performances of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major and the Ode to Joy from the Ninth Symphony.
Cast
Leonard Bernstein
Self / Narrator
T
Theo Adam
Self / Pizarro in 'Fidelio'
F
Franz Crass
Self / Rocco in 'Fidelio'
A
Adolf Dallapozza
Self / Joaquin in 'Fidelio'
Plácido Domingo
Self
Gwyneth Jones
Self / Leonora in 'Fidelio'
James King
Self / Florestan in 'Fidelio'
Lucia Popp
Self / Marzellina in 'Fidelio'
K
Karl Ridderbusch
Self / Don Fernando in 'Fidelio'
Otto Schenk
Self
Martti Talvela
Self
Shirley Verrett
Self
Crew
- Director
- Humphrey Burton
- Writer
- Leonard Bernstein, Humphrey Burton
- Editor
- Michael Bradsell, Brian Wiseman
- Producer
- Humphrey Burton
Details
- Release date
- 1970-12-16
- Runtime
- 2h 05m
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- Austria
- Production
- Amberson Productions Inc.