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Curtain Up on Fidelio

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Aled Jones introduces
Beethoven's great "escape opera", places it in the context of his other work and learns of the effort its composition cost its creator. Why did Beethoven write only one opera - and why this one?
Producer Daniel Snowman
(Fidelio is broadcast live from the New York Met tomorrow night on Radio 3)

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Introduces:
Aled Jones
Producer:
Daniel Snowman
Source: Radio Times

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