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Live from the Met: Fidelio
Beethoven's heroine Leonore cunningly dresses herself as a young man (Fidelio) so that she can smuggle herself into the jail where her husband - a political prisoner - is in the clutches of his arch enemy, the prison governor Don Pizarro. Can Leonore intervene to save her husband's life? And
Rodney Milnes continues his series Opera Snaps-a sideways glance at each of this season's works.
Beethoven Fidelio
Chorus and Orchestra of the New York
Metropolitan Opera, conductor James Levine
Act
7.45 Interval: Met Opera Quiz
Brian Zeger puts listeners' questions to Ken Benson , David Hamilton and Sarah Bryan Miller.
8.15 Act 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Don Pizarro.
Unknown:
Rodney Milnes
Conductor:
James Levine
Unknown:
Brian Zeger
Unknown:
Ken Benson
Unknown:
David Hamilton
Unknown:
Sarah Bryan Miller.
Leonore:
Kartta Mattlla (soprano)
Marzelline:
Hei-Kyung Hong(soprano)
Florestan:
Ben Heppner (tenor)
Jacquino:
Matthew Polenzani (tenor)
Don Pizaro:
Sergle Leiferkus (baritone)
Rocco:
Rene Pape (bass)
Don Fernando:
James Morris (bass)
First prisoner:
Charles Castronovo (tenor)
Second prisoner:
Alfred Walker (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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