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Skelton's Florestan provides the power in a refined, elegant performance that brings out the beauty in Beethoven's score.

Daniele Gatti is the winner of the night, managing to draw an astounding outcome from a far from ideal cast.

The correlation between music and painting is one of the most interesting and long existing themes in the history of art.

A fairly conventional version of Beethoven's Fidelio at the Grand Théâtre in Geneva plays it safe and ultimately succeeds. 

The benefits of opera in concert are felt in Manchester with the BBC Philharmonic, with a performance of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio. 

Nobody puts Wagner in a corner: the Staatsoper’s new Lohengrin has some excellent qualities, but ultimately just needs more space. 

Celebrating the Wagner centenary in 1913, the Hallé Orchestra gave a concert performance in Manchester of Acts II and III from Wagner’s epic final masterpiece Parsifal.