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Programme

Fidelio (Concert performance)

Performers

Jaap van Zweden	Conductor
Robert Holl	Narrator
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest)
Simon Halsey	Choirmaster / chorus director
Daniel Frank	Tenor	Florestan
Oliver Zwarg	Bass-baritone	Don Fernando
Simon Neal	Baritone	Don Pizarro
Georg Zeppenfeld	Bass	Rocco
Anja Kampe	Soprano	Leonore
Thomas Atkins	Tenor	Jaquino
Mercedes Arcuri	Soprano	Marzelline

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Video on demand: Fidelio