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BBC Proms 1996

BBC Radio 3
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From the Royal Albert Hall , London.
Beethoven Leonore
The central arena of the Royal
Albert Hall becomes a massive stage for this performance of the original version of Beethoven's opera Fidelio, the story of the intrepid Leonore and her rescue of her husband, a political prisoner in solitary confinement.
Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre
Révolutionnaire et Romantique, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Acts 1 and 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Hall
Unknown:
Albert Hall
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Leonore:
Hillevi Martinpelto (sop)
Rorestan:
Kim Begley (tenor)
Don Pizarro:
Matthew Best (bass)
Rocco:
Franz Hawlata (bass)
Marzelline:
Christine Oelze (sop)
Jaquino:
Michael Sc Hade (tenor)
Don Fernando:
Geert Smits (baritone)
Source: Radio Times

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