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Beethoven - Fidelio

21/05/2015

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The BBC Philharmonic in a concert performance of Beethoven's opera Fidelio.

Katie Derham presents the BBC Philharmonic in a concert performance of Beethoven's opera Fidelio, with a cast including Rebecca von Lipinski and Stuart Skelton.

In today's Thursday Opera Matinee, Katie Derham presents a concert performance of Beethoven's Fidelio, given by the BBC Philharmonic at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester earlier this month. Florestan is trapped in a dungeon, imprisioned by Pizzaro whose crimes he tried to expose. His wife Leonore decides to disguise herself as a boy in order to get work in the prison and somehow rescue him. Stuart Skelton sings Florestan, and Rebecca von Lipinski his wife and saviour.

2pm
Beethoven Fidelio

Florestan, a prisoner..... Stuart Skelton (tenor)
Leonore, his wife..... Rebecca von Lipinski (soprano)
Rocco, gaoler..... Stephen Richardson (bass)
Marzelline, his daughter..... Lucy Hall (soprano)
Jaquino, assistant to Rocco..... Benjamin Hulett (tenor)
Don Pizarro, governor of prison..... Detlef Roth (bass-baritone)
Don Fernando.King's minister..... Andrew Greenan (baritone)
First Prisoner..... Tim Ochala-Greenough (tenor)
Second Prisoner..... Edward Price (bass)
London Symphony Chorus
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

Followed at approx. 3.50pm by 

Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor).

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