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Fidelio an enduring ode to freedom in Dresden

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Reviewed at Semperoper, Dresden on 17 June 2012
Beethoven, Fidelio
John Fiore, Conductor
Christine Mielitz, Director
Pablo Assante, Choirmaster / chorus director
Jürgen Müller, Florestan
Matthias Henneberg, Don Pizarro
Evelyn Herlitzius, Leonore
Carolina Ullrich, Marzelline
Georg Zeppenfeld, Rocco
Timothy Oliver, Jaquino
Christoph Pohl, Don Fernando
Saxon State Opera Choir
Staatskapelle Dresden
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