Calixto Bieito, as we’ve seen from his previous shows at English National Opera, knows how to put an audience on the back foot. His nose for theatre, his desire to confound expectations, can be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beethoven’s “Fidelio” is a brave opera of liberation. It may also be a dramatically flawed opera, and one Beethoven anguished over ...

But, at the beginning of the opera, Fidelio finds himself/herself dealing with the amorous advances of Marzelline, daughter of the jailer Rocco. “It’s unusual in that it starts out, the overture aside ...

It’s sung in German with surtitles, and it’s striking to see how well an English-speaking cast manage to project the dialogue. Fflur Wyn’s Marzelline spends the first five minutes ironing and folding ...

For the first time in its history, San Francisco Opera will livestream select performances of the new production. Several virtual and in-person events and exhibitions will be presented to foster ...

The magnificent music in Beethoven's only opera is poorly served by an over-zealous director in the current Covent Garden production. As we see all too often, an opera director can easily fall into ...

The Canadian Opera Company's 2023/2024 season launches with Fidelio, the only opera from master composer Ludwig van Beethoven and a work that hasn't been seen on the COC stage in nearly 15 years. The ...

The only shocking thing about Calixto Bieito’s Fidelio, which opens ENO’s autumn programme, is that it’s by the same director who gave us an insightful and vigorously-realised Carmen last season. The ...

Beethoven’s “Fidelio” is a brave opera of liberation. It may also be a dramatically flawed opera, and one Beethoven anguished over longer than any of his other great works. But liberation itself is a ...