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| Composer | Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Year | 1814 |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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MunichFidelio
Beethoven: Fidelio
Yoel Gamzou; Calixto Bieito; Bavarian State Opera; Rebecca Ringst; Ingo Krügler; Reinhard Traub; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
BarcelonaFidelio de BeethovenConcert performance
Beethoven: Fidelio
Pablo Heras-Casado; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique; Monteverdi Choir; David Butt Philip; Julia Kleiter
PrudhomatFidelioNew production
Beethoven: Fidelio
Gabriel Pidoux; Pauline Laidet; Antoine Franchet; Aude Desigaux; Le Chapitre
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A radically trad Fidelio at Garsington
Simple solutions prove the best in Beethoven's "problem" opera as John Cox's staging is revived at Garsington.
Lise Davidsen thrills in Metropolitan Opera’s Fidelio revival
Exceptional singing enlivens a flawed production, which takes liberties with the tone and tenor of Beethoven's sole opera.
Revolutionary zeal gives way to tyranny in The Royal Opera’s Fidelio
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.
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ViennaFidelio
Beethoven: Fidelio
Franz Welser-Möst; Nikolaus Habjan; Vienna State Opera; Julius Semmelmann; Denise Heschl; Franz Tscheck; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
RomeFidelio (concert performance)
Beethoven: Fidelio
Sir Antonio Pappano; Rachel Willis-Sørensen; Simon O'Neill; Sebastian Holecek; Günther Groissböck
AmsterdamFidelio
Beethoven: Fidelio
Jaap van Zweden; Daniel Frank; Oliver Zwarg; Simon Neal; Georg Zeppenfeld
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A struggle for harmony: Beethoven’s Fidelio at DNO
For the Holland Festival 2024, maverick Ukrainian director Andriy Zholdak tackles Beethoven’s only opera – exploring the opera’s deep political resonances in a conflict-torn world.
Beethoven’s “problem child”: staging Fidelio
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
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.