FIDELIO by Ludwig van Beethoven: Originally performed Nov 22-30, 2002
Aired: Saturday, September 12 at 7:00 p.m. on WRR, 101.1 FM
Streamed: September 14 through October 27, 2020 (no longer available)
Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of Beethoven’s birth in 2020 by enjoying the composer’s only opera! Fidelio, the story of a courageous and devoted woman willing to risk everything to free her imprisoned husband from the grasp of a malevolent warden, stars Anne Schwanewilms as Leonore in her TDO debut, Sergei Leiferkus as Pizarro, and Mark Baker as Florestan, conducted by former TDO Music Director Graeme Jenkins. Recorded live in the Music Hall at Fair Park in 2002, Fidelio is a towering tribute to mankind’s ability to endure, even in the darkest of times.
The Dallas Opera remains deeply grateful for the generosity of the following 2002 sponsors:
Production Underwriter: Nokia
Performance Underwriters for Fidelio were: Cinda Cree and Tom Hicks (Opening Night); Marten F. Klop; Enika Schulze; James R. Seitz, Jr.; Dr. Jean D. Wilson; and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
Recorded, edited and mastered by Ron Meyer Recordings
Post-performance broadcast engineering by Dave Whitfield at WRR
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