A staple of the operatic repertoire, Beethoven’s only opera continues to be regularly revived and treated with respect by opera companies across the globe, and it’s easy to see why. Fidelio is rich in ...

It’s sung in German with surtitles, and it’s striking to see how well an English-speaking cast manage to project the dialogue. Fflur Wyn’s Marzelline spends the first five minutes ironing and folding ...

Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio is hard to pin down. Strip it down to its bare bones and you have a romance, but it wears the flesh of a political thriller. The cross-dressing protagonist could garner ...