Event listing: Bristol Opera: Fidelio | St George's Bristol | Sat 3 Nov 2012 at 19:30

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St George's BristolGreat George Street, Bristol, South-West, BS1 5RR, United Kingdom

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Performers

Bristol Opera
Arne Kovac	Conductor
Ethel-Jane Cormack	Soprano	Leonore
Bjorn Huestege	Tenor	Florestan
Martin Le Poidevin	Bass	Rocco
Brendan Casey	Bass-baritone	Don Pizarro
Guy Withers	Tenor	Jaquino
Dajana Kovak	Soprano	Marzelline

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Beethoven’s “problem child”: staging Fidelio

Mark Pullinger, 31st January

We speak to three directors – Amélie Niermeyer, Tobias Kratzer and Frederic Wake-Walker – about the challenges of staging Beethoven's only opera.

A sense of theatre: Sir Antonio Pappano

Mark Pullinger, 21st November

Sir Antonio Pappano reflects on recent performances of Fidelio and Norma and how his Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia has evolved and the difficulties staging Verdi.

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Bristol Opera's Fidelio at St George's Bristol

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 3rd November

Turning his long-awaited aspiration into reality, musical director of Bristol Opera Arne Kovac conducted his favourite opera in concert in order to celebrate his 40th birthday. Beethoven’s masterpiece Fidelio is his only venture into opera and tells a story of love, happy marriage and freedom, complete with happy ending.

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