Bristol Opera's Fidelio at St George's Bristol

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 05 November 2012

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Reviewed at St George's Bristol, Bristol on 3 November 2012

Beethoven, Fidelio

Bristol Opera

Arne Kovac, Conductor

Ethel-Jane Cormack, Leonore

Bjorn Huestege, Florestan

Martin Le Poidevin, Rocco

Brendan Casey, Don Pizarro

Guy Withers, Jaquino

Dajana Kovak, Marzelline

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.