Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein (1970)
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.
- Released
- 1970-12-16
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Humphrey Burton
- TMDB rating
- 9.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Leonard Bernstein as Self / Narrator
- Theo Adam as Self / Pizarro in 'Fidelio'
- Franz Crass as Self / Rocco in 'Fidelio'
- Adolf Dallapozza as Self / Joaquin in 'Fidelio'
- Plácido Domingo as Self
- Gwyneth Jones as Self / Leonora in 'Fidelio'
- James King as Self / Florestan in 'Fidelio'
- Lucia Popp as Self / Marzellina in 'Fidelio'
- Karl Ridderbusch as Self / Don Fernando in 'Fidelio'
- Otto Schenk as Self
- Martti Talvela as Self
- Shirley Verrett as Self
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