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| Composer | Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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DresdenBeethoven: LeonoreSemi-staged performance
Beethoven: Leonore
Dorothee Oberlinger; Dresden Philharmonic; ChorWerk Ruhr; Julia Grüter; Siobhan Stagg
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Jacobs’ plausible pleading on behalf of Leonore
Promoting Leonore, the original version of Beethoven's Fidelio, René Jacobs made several choices of his own, only some of them justifiable.
A boon for Beethoven buffs in Vienna
Beethoven lovers were expecting an authentic recreation of the first version of Fidelio but instead they got Leonore à la Jacobs.
René Jacobs und die Beethoven-Revolution des Ur-Fidelios
Selbst Beethoven und sein schwieriger Fidelio werden unter René Jacobs zu einem immer lohnenden Drama-Ereignis, auch dank Solisten und dem Freiburger Barockorchester in Höchstform.
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Beethoven’s “problem child”: staging Fidelio
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We speak to three directors – Amélie Niermeyer, Tobias Kratzer and Frederic Wake-Walker – about the challenges of staging Beethoven's only opera.