“He really admired Napoleon [Bonaparte],” Tara Faircloth, the stage director for the Utah Opera ’s upcoming production of ...

Sharlene Wells had to stop laughing before she could respond to an email about potentially taking part in an upcoming Utah ...

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 ...

Sharlene Wells (Oracle) walked out on stage and opened the scene, quoting Martin Luther King Jr. This is the world premiere ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...