The lowest point is the highest point in Washington National Opera’s new production of Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” Deep in Pizarro’s dungeon, a woebegone Florestan — powerfully sung by tenor Jamez McCorkle ...

There isn’t likely a much more powerful and exciting way to experience Beethoven’s one and only opera, “Fidelio,” fully staged with topnotch singers and orchestra, than in the intimacy of the 230-seat ...

reporting from SAN FRANCISCO — “Fidelio” is opera’s never-ending fixer-upper. Beethoven’s only opera and the score the composer spent the most time on almost never works, yet it is all but ...

Kentucky Opera director calls Beethoven's rare opera a 'hymn to freedom.' 'This opera says don't just think about putting yourself at risk to do good — do it, do it.' Director compares 'Fidelio' to ...

If you believe musical performance fundamentally is an expression of freedom, then “Fidelio,” Ludwig van Beethoven’s only opera, is your über text. The famed work is now at Lyric Opera of Chicago with ...

“Fidelio” is Beethoven’s only opera. It took 11 years (1803-1814) and multiple revisions to cobble into its final form, which may explain why there is no other opera by Beethoven. The plot – ...

Opera in outer space? Classic FM's resident Beethoven expert John Suchet reviews Opéra de Lyon's most unusual production of Fidelio. When you consider the struggle Beethoven had writing his only opera ...

Amid the many new operas making their premieres these days, the most contemporary opera you’re likely to see this season is one that was written two centuries ago. We’re talking about “Fidelio.” With ...

Leah Mercer does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

As long as we have prisons and government, and as long as profit and power remain factors in that equation, we do well to keep the warning of “Fidelio” in our cultural employ. The abuse of power that ...