Part 2
From the Royal Albert Hall. Presented by Christopher Cook. Daniel Barenboim conducts his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Part 2 of a German version of Beethoven's opera Fidelio.
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Christopher Cook.
Daniel Barenboim conducts his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in the conclusion of a German version of Beethoven's only opera Fidelio, featuring an English narration devised by the co-founder of the orchestra - scholar and historian Edward Said.
A work first performed in 1805, Fidelio is an impassioned defence of freedom and justice, and a celebration of the power of love as its heroine, Leonore, rescues her falsely incarcerated husband from imprisonment and execution.
Beethoven: Fidelio (Part 2) - concert performance; sung in German, with English narration by Edward Said
Leonore/narrator ...... Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano)
Florestan ...... Simon O'Neill (tenor)
Don Pizarro ...... Gerd Grochowski (bass-baritone)
Rocco ...... John Tomlinson (bass)
Marzelline ...... Adriana Kucerova (soprano)
Jacquino ...... Stephen Rugamer
Don Fernando ...... Viktor Rud
大象传媒 Singers
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor).
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