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BBC Proms 2017, Prom 9: Beethoven - Fidelio (320kbps .mp3)
Live from the Royal Albert Hall: Juanjo Mena conducts Beethoven's opera 'Fidelio' with a cast led by Stuart Skelton and Ricarda Merbeth.
Beethoven: Fidelio
01. Fidelio, Act I
02. Fidelio, Act II
03. 8.40 Interval - Proms Extra, Fidelio
Presenter Ian Skelly chairs an introduction to Beethoven's 'Fidelio' with guests, the academic and 19th-century opera expert Flora Willson and critic and broadcaster Fiona Maddocks.
Stuart Skelton, tenor (Florestan)
Ricarda Merbeth, soprano (Leonore)
Brindley Sherratt, bass (Rocco)
Louise Alder, soprano (Marzelline)
Benjamin Hulett, tenor (Jaquino)
Detlef Roth, bass-baritone (Don Pizarro)
David Soar, bass (Don Fernando)
Andrew Masterson, tenor (First Prisoner)
Tomothy Bagley, bass-baritone (Second Prisoner)
Orfeón Donostiarra
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)
The first of three politically charged stage works this season is Beethoven's only opera, 'Fidelio' - a passionate musical protest against political oppression, first performed in Vienna in the wake of the French Revolution to an audience mostly consisting of Napoleon's troops. At its heart is the stirring "Prisoners' Chorus", a poignant hymn to freedom and the power of the human spirit. The BBC Philharmonic brings its highly acclaimed performance to the Proms with a cast starring Australian tenor Stuart Skelton as the imprisoned Florestan, and soprano Ricarda Merbeth as his faithful and resourceful wife Leonore.
Broadcast: 21 July 2017
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