Event listing: Fidelio | Garsington Opera | Event is in the past

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Garsington OperaThe Wormsley Estate, High Wycombe, South-East, HP14 3YE, United Kingdom

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Performers

Garsington Opera
Douglas Boyd	Conductor
John Cox	Director
Rebecca von Lipinski	Soprano	Leonore
Peter Wedd	Tenor	Florestan
Darren Jeffery	Baritone	Don Pizarro
Stephen Richardson	Bass	Rocco
Jennifer France	Soprano	Marzelline
Sam Furness	Tenor	Jaquino
Joshua Bloom	Bass-baritone	Don Fernando

Reviews of Fidelio, Op.72 directed by John Cox

****1

Garsington Opera, High Wycombe, June 2025

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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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Garsington Opera's Fidelio proves entertaining but emotionally flat

Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 6th June

Garsington Opera takes a comedic approach to Beethoven's Fidelio. The result is amusing and musically strong, but lacking in both dynamic staging and emotional depth.

***11