Fidelio
Beethoven's only opera is the story of love, bravery and the eventual triumph of good over evil. Welsh
National Opera's new production is by Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser , and WNO's musical director Carlo Rizzi
is approaching the opera for the first time. Introduced by Chris de Souza , and sung in German.
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh
National Opera, conductor Carlo Rizzi Act
8.00 Wole Soyinka 's Prison Diaries A reading from Wole Soyinka 's prison memoir, The Man Died, which describes his two-year ordeal of solitary confinement and abuse as a political prisoner.
Reader Anthony Ofoegbu.
8.20 Act 2