Work: Fidelio

Simple solutions prove the best in Beethoven's "problem" opera as John Cox's staging is revived at Garsington.

Exceptional singing enlivens a flawed production, which takes liberties with the tone and tenor of Beethoven's sole opera.

This revival of Kratzer’s production forces the audience to confront where personal responsibility starts and stops for acting under a tyrannical regime, while bringing Beethoven’s only opera to life – with a few twists.