Francesca Zambello’s potent vision isn’t quite enough to lift "Fidelio" beyond more than a few inspired moments.
The Wagner concert was titled “Gods and Mortals,” an oddity since Wagner’s gods perish and are thus quite mortal. The program ...
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands and NEW YORK, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fidelio Acquisition Company, LLC, whose members are Sony Corporation of America, a subsidiary of ...
The lowest point is the highest point in Washington National Opera’s new production of Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” Deep in Pizarro’s dungeon, a woebegone Florestan — powerfully sung by ...
NEW YORK, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fidelio Acquisition Company, LLC, whose members are Sony Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation, Royal ...
As we see all too often, an opera director can easily fall into the trap of over-thinking a new production and that is what seems to have happened in Fidelio at the Royal Opera House. Beethoven's ...
Given he’s a disciple of the late Hans Neuenfels, who pioneered this interventionist approach to directing opera, his revisionist take on Fidelio should come as no surprise. In a nutshell his message ...